People will Believe any Lie…

There is a movement by individuals in America who wish to claim that the events of 9/11 didn't occur in the way that they did and as such was actually some sort of big government conspiracy. What is even more frightening and just down right ridiculous is that these individuals wish to call themselves part of the "Truth" Movement. First to hold onto the fact that government was somehow actually responsible for the deaths of 3,000 plus Americans is not only disturbing, it is also one of the sickest displays of irrationality currently on display. These individuals, by holding onto these views demean the very people who were killed that day, in addition to the brave men and women who lives were sacrificed as they attempted to rescue those who were trapped in the buildings.

What is even worse is the complete ignorance of reality in order to come up with this irrational theory. Reality cannot be recreated and yet this is what these individuals are attempting to do by pursuing this type of theory. What is worse is that these individuals not only in their wishful whim of trying to recreate reality are in fact asserting that this is in fact “truth.” The truth as such relies on two very key and important bedrocks upon which to be built. The first is the acceptance of reality and that reality cannot be changed despite what whim ridden fancy might enter into ones head. The other is a commitment to use reason while drawing from the facts of reality to reach sound conclusions about the facts reality presents and thus coming to an understanding of the truth.

These individuals follow neither of these two important aspects of reaching the truth. They wish to ignore reality and attempt to recreate it and once any individual attempts a recreation of reality, the only path this can lead an individual down is the path of irrationality and most definitely will not lead to the truth. I don’t’ know what is more disturbing though, this aversion of reality and the truth, or the fact that there is actually many people who think similar thoughts and believe the lies that are created.

Yet, I am reminded of Terry Goodkind’s Wizard’s First Rule:

Wizards First Rule: People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it’s true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it is all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet are confident they can, and so are all the more easier to fool.

Here is a case study for the stupid people who have fallen for the lie that is the recreation of reality and want to believe in this recreation of reality.