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The human default mode is to embrace a confirmation bias which becomes especially alluring when it underpins a popular narrative and provides a secure comfort zone.

The sustained existence of the popular narrative requires that all challenging bearers of an anti-narrative be discredited, distorted or deleted. In the process, authentic science is extinguished and humanity dumbs down.

Only through honest reasoning can the blindness of a confirmation bias be neutralized.

At the core of honest reasoning is a process of triangulation – the cross-checking of data from multiple sources supported by research and other means of verification so as to reduce intrinsic bias and arrive at a more authentic conclusion.

But honest reasoning requires the drive of a mindset characterized by unfettered curiosity, intuition and courage - supported by a need to contribute genuine value to the collective.