Reply #50: A variation...

[immoderate]

Sometimes when I am engaged in a serious philosophical discussion, I'll pose this reality check: "Do you think that everything you believe is true?" I've done it a few times in discussions on DU.

Anybody who answers yes sets himself up for the paradox posed by the next question, "Does anyone else on earth share your exact set of beliefs?" If the response is no, which makes sense, then the implication is that everyone else on earth believes something that is false except you.

Assume that everybody's belief system is unique. At most, only one person can have it right.

--IMM