![]() ![]() And sometimes we would rather win an argument than uncover the truth. Our own picture of the world is often so comfortable that we simply don't care how correct it is. We all generate some fiction with our picture of the world, and our beliefs often feel more important than the facts. It's the same with the anti-vaxers who think Bill Gates wants to inject them with a microchip, the people who think an elite population of lizard creatures controls the upper echelons of society and even those who think a conspiracy by Democrats defrauded Trump out of the presidency. But I've noticed that people are now giving it much more genuine credence than they used to. I used to find Flat-Earthers amusing because I always assumed they didn't really believe it and they were just winding people up. We struggle to divest ourselves of superstition and misinformation and it sometimes looks as if that's getting worse. I often worry that humanity is going backwards. Gordon Ansell 28th November 2020, 09:40 Society, Science, Disquisition Philosophy, Conspiracy Theory, Isaac Asimov, Wolfgang Pauli 598 words
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