Why does absolute certainty feel so powerful and why does it so often lead people away from reality? Maybe it’s time to explore how “secret truth” narratives fuel conspiracy thinking, Christian nationalism, and MAGA extremism, and how curiosity, humility, and intellectual integrity offer a way out of the certainty trap without falling into our own bubbles!
Have you ever listened to someone deep into this QAnon conspiracy theory stuff… or Christian nationalism… or the MAGA core… have you ever listened to any of these people and just felt… stunned? Not just confused. Stunned. As in, “We are clearly living in different universes, and I don’t know how you got there.”
They speak with absolute confidence.
They dismiss every valid source of information you mention.
They default to insults—radical leftist, socialist, communist, traitor.
And any attempt to disagree is treated not as disagreement, but as proof that you are corrupted.
And you’re left wondering:
How do they think like this?
Why are they so certain?
And maybe most uncomfortably…
How do I make sure I don’t end up doing the same thing… from the other side?
