Beliefs

Beliefs is an extremely complex question, and contains many sub-issues, to make it clear I have to discuss separately.

1st, according to philosophical views, it must be started from the fundamental problem of philosophy, the problem of existence and consciousness. Because of the self-limitations of human, we will never have the ultimate answers to these questions and since they cannot be proven or falsified, scepticism seems to be the best conclusion of the answer of philosophy. Although scepticism can help us move forward without being burdened by our own ignorance, I think it is actually a state of thinking or the spirit of science: questioning everything. If we rely too much on it, it might become a kind of philosophical sophistry. Therefore, I believe that what we call a doctrine must be certain in order for all progress to be supported.

2nd, then it has to be found an origin to start, philosophy? or science?

I've always thought that all branches of science are based on physics. However, due to the development of the quantum physics to the impact of classical physics in the past one hundred years, make a lot of people began to suspect that the material world, and even began to try to seek the answer from the aspects of consciousness and the fantasy, we have forgotten that idealism had prevailed in the absence of classical physics. The development needs a process.

The other side, many philosophers believe that science is essentially an empirical epistemology, a branch of philosophy, and the development of science is inseparable from philosophy; But the best evidence is that the countless miracles have been created by science, and by which our civilizations are built on. So, my conclusion is that discussing the origin of science and philosophy is irrelevant and unmeaningful.

3rd, a different way of thinking towards beliefs: distinguishing the objects When we are talking about the world outlooks or the highest dimensional philosophy, we're actually trying to see the world from god's point of view and have ignored the flaw of the ‘cognitive tool’. Since all data processing is done in the human brain, and we have known that the reception of things by the human senses is within a certain frequency range, we can never find an absolutely objective instrument for measurement and analysis. Therefore, logically the absolute objective and material world does not exist, at least it is never known by humans. In the other side, of course, there is no absolute subjectivity either.

In my deep believing, whether passively influenced by the environment and culture, or myself consciousness, I am firm materialism. Because I still believe more in the validity of cognize of human beings, and the development of civilization has relied on the material world. But, from the perspective of outlook on life, the subjective initiative of consciousness is of great significance, as the spirit in “big fish” shows that what we see is all a reflection of the world in our brain, I think it is the highest state of optimism and the meaning of all religious pursuits.

Materialism and idealism are the way we see the world, and I think principles make more sense when we talk about beliefs. What I believe about the first principle is the balance of Law of jungle and mutualistic symbiosis in universe or the earth or whatever situations. And love is a kind of mutualism.