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Artificial Intelligence., Capitalism and Greed, The Future of Mankind, Truth, Visions of the future.
( Five minute read)
Truth is truth, regardless of belief.
It can feel incredibly frustrating when you present clear facts, solid data, or even personal experiences, only to watch someone completely brush them off.
It makes you wonder: Are we just hardwired to be stubborn?
That people don’t believe a fact doesn’t make it untrue, nor does an idea being believed by millions or even billions of people make it true.
The main reason why it is so difficult is that human brains evolved to protect our survival and our social status, not to act as objective, flawless calculators of truth.
Because truth is truth while belief exists only in the absence of knowledge of what the truth is.
We don’t judge information based purely on whether it’s true; we judge it based on what accepting it will do to our social standing.
If a new truth threatens a person’s political alignment, religious community, or family ties, their brain registers that truth as a threat.
They will reject the fact to protect the relationship.
When people are presented with facts that contradict their core beliefs, it doesn’t just fail to convince them—it often makes them double down on their original stance.
We actively hunt for tiny scraps of information that prove us right, while completely ignoring mountains of evidence that prove us wrong.
I swarm by almighty god that the evidence I shall give is the truth and nothing but the truth.
However if you want to change someone’s mind, arguing with raw facts rarely works.
Because.
Beliefs are tied to emotion and safety, a person usually has to feel respected, safe, and socially secure before their brain will allow them to lower its defenses and accept a new truth.
When all of this comes to things like climate change it is no wonder we have had climate conferences after conferences.
Unfortunately these conferences focus on the symptoms rather than the cause.
We cannot invent our way out of climate change.
The truth and nothing but the truth is that climate change is now a product to be traded to the highest bidder.
New thechnogicale innovations will deepen the awaiting Catastrophes, because in this highly competitive industry there exists a deep ingrained subterranean culture of its own.
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