<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>jb55 wrote</title><author_name>jb55 (npub1xt…vkk5s)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>I think its unappreciated just how dangerous stories are. it can lead people to believe many untrue things, which causes many societal issues.&#xA;&#xA;Maybe we are biased from our days where if you didn&#39;t listen to your ancestors by the fire, then you would be eaten by wolves. I think we&#39;re over-tuned and assign a higher truth value to stories we are told.&#xA;&#xA;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 🙄&#xA;&#xA;Make skepticism cool again. #lesswrong</html></oembed>