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Why People Prefer Certainty over Truth

Cherry-picking information that matches our beliefs keeps us and others from finding the truth. So why do we do it? Here are 3 reasons.
10 Mar 2024 10 min read
Differentiating Truth, Knowledge and Belief
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Differentiating Truth, Knowledge and Belief

When something's too big, too vague, inaccessible, or always changing, we rely on beliefs to sketch in the knowledge we’re missing. But is it truth?
03 Mar 2024 6 min read
Ready-Made Certainty: the Power of Belief Systems
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Ready-Made Certainty: the Power of Belief Systems

Belief Systems provide pre-packaged certainty, giving us placeholders for the things we don't know or understand, enabling us to act and make choices as if they were true. They serve as powerful tools for transforming the world.
15 Oct 2023 11 min read
Outsourcing Our Personal Quest for Truth
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Outsourcing Our Personal Quest for Truth

When things are too complex or we can't invest time and effort getting to the truth, do we outsource our quest to others, assuming they know best?
30 Sep 2023 8 min read
Bubbles of Certainty and our Triple Witness to ‘Truth’ – Part 1: You & Me
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Bubbles of Certainty and our Triple Witness to ‘Truth’ – Part 1: You & Me

We all create Bubbles of Certainty around us to reduce the unpredictability of life. But they also wrongly convince us we’ve discovered the truth.
07 May 2023 7 min read
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