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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 ๐Ÿ™„

Make skepticism cool again. #lesswrong

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Karl 2mo ago

โ€œThere's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything's got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.โ€

โ€• Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

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