Why People Hate Facts
VIEW FROM HERE-People do not make decisions based on what is true but based on what makes them feel good.
As a corollary, people reject ideas which make them feel bad, and facts often make people feel bad. Memes, however, are designed to make people feel good. (Both facts and memes which arouse hatred of the others are politically useful.)
Since feeling good is the main reason people accept absurdities as the truth, when voting time rolls around, we are beset with more idiotic memes. A meme is a simplistic phrase which makes people feel good. The most successful meme in the Western world is “Jesus died for your sins.” Because the meme is suffused with aura of holiness, one may not analyze the meme. Following the meme does not risk the pain of social ostracism. Hence, few think about the implications of the meme. Reduced to its basic element, “Jesus died for your sins,” means “Don’t think. Have faith.” All one needs is