“To hold an idea and convince ourselves we arrived at it rationally, we go in search of evidence to support our view.” — Robert Greene
Sometimes a few words are enough to shift the way we see the day.
Today’s thought is one of those little gut punches that hits you in the brain. It’s not just that we believe things—we fortify those beliefs with just the evidence we like. We treat opinions like castles and facts like bricks, carefully laying only the ones that support our structure. Anything that doesn’t fit the walls we’re building? We ignore it, mock it, or call it “fake news.”
This idea has forced me to pause lately. When I dig into something—whether it’s a new parenting strategy, a business decision, or just a random argument with myself about whether cheese counts as protein—I realize I’m not always looking for the truth. I’m looking for something that agrees with me. It feels safer.
But real wisdom? That lives in the friction. In the dissonance. In the humility to say, “Maybe I don’t know everything… yet.”
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