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When your philosophy group becomes an echo chamber instead of exploration

Three of us have been meeting monthly for two years to talk about the stuff that actually matters — purpose, mortality, how to live — and I've realized that I'm the only one who ever admits to not knowing something or changing my mind. The others seem to arrive with their positions already formed and I don't know if I'm supposed to catch up or if something else is happening here.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A space meant for genuine inquiry has become a place where people defend positions rather than examine them together.

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