“If we’re all so good at fooling ourselves, why aren’t we all happy?”
The zealot is only “fooling themselves” from the perspective of the “rational” outsider. The zealot has not fooled themselves. They have looked at the world and their reasoning processes have come to the clear and obvious conclusion that []. They have gri-gri, and it works.
But it seems like most of us are much better at fooling ourselves than we are at “happening to use the full capacity of our minds to come to false and useful conclusions”. We have belief in belief. It’s possible to work this into almost as strong of a fortress as the zealot, but it is more precarious.
“If we’re all so good at fooling ourselves, why aren’t we all happy?”
The zealot is only “fooling themselves” from the perspective of the “rational” outsider. The zealot has not fooled themselves. They have looked at the world and their reasoning processes have come to the clear and obvious conclusion that []. They have gri-gri, and it works.
But it seems like most of us are much better at fooling ourselves than we are at “happening to use the full capacity of our minds to come to false and useful conclusions”. We have belief in belief. It’s possible to work this into almost as strong of a fortress as the zealot, but it is more precarious.