What Forces You To Think?

Written by a human, for humans, always.

Do you think?

This might sound like a dumb question...

But most people do not actually think...

Not really.

They only go through the illusion of thinking.

Let me give you an example.

What do you do when you do not know something?

Do you...

Go on social media?

Watch a YouTube video?

Listen to a podcast?

Hear someone teaching a lesson?

Put your question into AI?

Read a book?

Then...

After you do that...

Do you believe you have your answer?

That is the illusion of thinking.

None of these are actually "thinking".

They are information gathering.

Here's the problem...

Especially in today's world...

Most of the information we gather...

Is actually useless.

Little of it comes from true experts in any industry.

A significant amount is propaganda.

Most of it is influenced by perception as opposed to facts.

Plus...

Much of it is just opinions.

Everyone can have an opinion...

But the truth is that most opinions are shallow...

Based on people parroting the same thing over and over again...

Hijacking our brains through repetition bias or the illusory truth effect...

All created...

By people who are not actually thinking.

What are you doing that forces you to think?

Not just hearing something and repeating back what you heard...

But requiring you to do deep research...

To compare different arguments against each other...

To check against historical records and scientific literature...

Based on true events that you have clear documentation around that can be verified in its entirety and "not" in a "gotcha" clip taken out of context?

What forces you to think?

The reality is that most people think that they think...

And mistake having thoughts for thinking.

Instead...

All of their thoughts are incredibly shallow...

And they never actually think.

Do you know what you call a person who doesn't actually think?

A pawn...

A puppet...

A patsy...

A slave.

This is what most people are in today's world...

Most of them, without realizing it...

Worse...

Failing to know who has the real power over them.

When you fail to truly think...

People can and will use that against you to their own benefit...

And to your detriment.

They will use the illusion of thinking...

To put whatever ideas in your head that benefit "them"...

And they know...

That because you do not actually think...

You will never catch them in their...

Inconsistencies...

Lies...

Deceptions...

Propaganda...

Hypocrisies...

Contradictions...

Double-dealings...

And worse.

They can get away with this...

Because the reality is that most people...

Are stupid.

That may sound blunt...

But it is the natural consequence of not truly thinking.

In life, everything either grows or decays.

This is true of your capacity to think as well.

For many people...

They develop their abilities to think in school...

Then...

Stop truly thinking when they are no longer in school.

If they stop growing their ability to think...

Then it naturally decays, and they lose the ability to think...

Resulting in...

Stupidity.

That is how we have gotten into this new era of stupidity.

Most people believe that they think...

But have not actually done any significant thinking in years or decades.

Worse...

Many educational facilities in today's world do not actually teach students to think...

Requiring them only to memorize and regurgitate information...

Which becomes problematic...

When we become consumed by the echo chambers that are created in today's world through social media and AI.

This means that you become excellent at memorizing and regurgitating everything you hear...

Which is filtered through an echo chamber, making you fall into the illusory truth effect...

But never actually thinking.

What forces you to think?

If the answer is that you do not know...

Perhaps it is time to change that.

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