“One concept corrupts and confuses the others”
— Jorge Luis Borges
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Sometimes, one wrong idea can mess up all the other good ideas around it. Think of it like cooking; if you use one spoiled ingredient, it can ruin the whole dish, even if everything else you used was fresh and tasty. In our minds, this means that a bad belief or misunderstanding can affect our entire way of thinking. For example, if you think that you can’t trust anyone because you got betrayed once, you might start seeing everyone as untrustworthy, even those who are honest and kind. This makes it hard to have healthy relationships and can lead to more misunderstanding and conflict. To avoid this, it’s important to question and rethink our beliefs regularly, making sure our thoughts are based on facts and not just one bad experience.
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