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I think its unappreciated just how dangerous stories are. it can lead people to believe many untrue things, which causes many societal issues.

Maybe we are biased from our days where if you didn't listen to your ancestors by the fire, then you would be eaten by wolves. I think we're over-tuned and assign a higher truth value to stories we are told.

The only way to fight this is to gain a rationalist mindset to fight back against our inherent biases (aka brain malfunctions), but rationalists seems to be on a decline these days. Asking for evidence is *not cool*, what is cool is believing every and anything people tell you 🙄

Make skepticism cool again. #lesswrong
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R 2mo ago đź’¬ 2

Time to upgrade your peeps. Everyone in my tribe just assumes everything is a lie or propaganda. It’s a happy life.

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m00ninite 2mo ago đź’¬ 1

That sounds way too far in the opposite direction. Somewhere in the middle is where people should strive to be.

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R 2mo ago

Don’t trust, verify, is the middle

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Globe99 2mo ago đź’¬ 1

That way lies madness. "Everything is a lie"? So what, nothing's real unless you see it yourself? The moon might be made of cheese, and Australia doesn't exist unless you've visited.

But of course, you don't "actually" think that... Because if you seriously believed that you couldn't operate in the world, you'd be a raving lunatic pooping pants on the street. So it's all just a front.

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R 2mo ago

The context was stories. Once something has been proven true it is no longer just a story. Billions of things have already been proven true including that the moon is not made out of cheese. You can build on established truth rather than believe whatever new narrative some “authority” is pushing. Haven’t pooped my pants for more than 50yrs. Might start again in the next 30yrs, who knows.