THE LIES THAT SHAPE THE WORLD
It is interesting how people read an article or watch a video where someone explains something deep and complex about the world — physics, psychology, society, or any other topic — and immediately assume they understand it. They then start arguing with others, using these ideas as evidence, even though they have never truly verified or tested them in real life.
To go deeper into reality, you must first understand it at the surface level — the level where you actually interact with it.
Understanding comes from direct experience, exploration, and observation. When you skip this step and jump straight into abstract explanations, you lose the ability to tell what is true and what is not. At that point, almost anything can be explained to you convincingly, and you will believe it.
Take mathematics. If you do not understand and use calculus yourself, anyone can convince you that any formula works — even a fake one. There is no limit. Once you rely on belief instead of understanding, you become vulnerable to persuasion. Anyone can convince you of anything.
The real problem is not belief itself, but the outcomes that beliefs produce. If you believe things that do not benefit you, or even make your life worse, that is the perfect setup for control. This is how much of the modern world operates.
Convincing stories are constructed, wrapped in emotion and psychology, and presented as reality. People accept these stories, defend them, and live by them — while the creators of these narratives benefit from exploiting those who believe them.
This applies to most modern belief systems, including religion, science as it is presented to the public, entertainment, ideology, and many other areas where narratives are created and promoted.
The logic is simple. No one will spend time, effort, and resources trying to convince you of something unless they benefit from it. Convincing people is difficult and inefficient. Why would someone do it just to help you understand the truth? That would be a terrible strategy, because the more people understand how the world actually works, the less exploitable they become.
The direct incentive is the opposite: to keep people confused, dependent, and believing in convenient stories. The more delusional someone is, the easier they are to control and exploit.
Once you see this, it becomes hard to unsee. Every time you hear a new study, a new story, a new ideology, or someone trying to convince you that something is true, ask yourself a simple question: why?
Have you ever tried to convince someone of a truth you genuinely understand? You know how hard and ungrateful it is. So why are they telling you this? Why are they so invested in making you believe it? To make you smarter? To help you?
Think about that.
— Warrior's Path
