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The Flight From Truth

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Why do we care about the truth? It seems a strange question to ask because very few people question that truth is a good thing. It’s difficult to imagine anyone not being concerned with truth. When truth becomes regarded as irrelevant or even dangerous, the social order begins a path toward destruction. Ideologies are set against human nature. The promised Utopia is always just one more purge away. This means that it’s better for a society to face the truth even when the truth hurts, because you’re better off in the long run. But the fact is that there have been […]