Whats the diff between Doublethink and Zen koans?
from sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 12 Dec 13:42
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jerkface@lemmy.ca on 12 Dec 13:43 next collapse

Better question would be, what do they even have in common?

sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz on 12 Dec 13:44 collapse

Venn

damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world on 12 Dec 14:20 collapse

Doublethink is made to force people to accept a paradox as it is, ignoring their logical reasoning in favor of what narrative is being pushed on them.

Zen koans are made to help people explore a paradox, ignoring the need to have a logical reasoning based answer to the paradox. NOT in favor of a particular narrative, but rather to help the thinker see the situation in a new light.