Zettel 202410012005 : Humans’ Power of Imagination and Need for Social Connection Causes Us to Believe Stories before Accepting Facts

Humans use their power of imagination to tell stories. This story telling ability creates connections with other humans. This connection also causes humans to rally together around these stories. This happens so much so that humans care more about the connections and the stories than they do reality. This need to connect and embrace stories can cause humans to follow a delusion to one’s own demise.

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Zettel 202410041959: Because humans believe stories more readily than facts, what you say and think about yourself is powerful and important to examine. What to tell yourself about yourself is very important. That’s because humans generally believe stories over facts. So, watch the narrative you tell