Thread by @Saintonge235

It’s because of them thinking World 2 is the entirety of reality.

“World 1,” World 2,” and “World 3” are terms from Sir Karl Popper, one of the great philosophers of the 20th Century. Worlds 1, 2, and 3 are respectively physical reality, social reality, and logical reality.

https://twitter.com/lacroicsz/status/1483089299805556736

The thing is, Worlds 1 & 3 are not under are control, but World 2 is. We can’t alter the law of gravity by human will, or the Pythagorean theorem. But we can alter the govt. of the U.S.’s fundamental structure by will, and we have, twice, in 1781 and 1788.

But people have trouble keeping the three straight. They think they can change human nature and the societies it gives rise to by just wishing for it to happen.

There’s a lot of talk about following #science, but little realization that science frequently leads you places

you’d prefer it didn’t. We are basically emotional animals, and it’s hard to think clearly about that which arouses a strong emotional response.

For now, it seems the best we can do is be aware of the fragility of our reason, and do our best to think straight.

So we will just have to put up with people who can’t reason because they are too upset to think clearly, and remember that we may be among them.