programmer_guy
True Ex-Scientologist
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Apologies to anyone disturbed by my previous debunking post.
But, it reminds me of a philosophical conundrum that I once thought of, which I have never really found a perfect answer to. I have never read, nor heard, about this perplexing problem, so I pretty much think that I made it up. Perhaps I should give it a suitable name and await medals, lol.
Quite simply, it goes like this.
You discover a remote island that has never been visited by anyone in history.
The 1000 people living there are provably the most joyful and happiest humans alive!
However, their belief system (you soon discover) is filled with mythological misinformation, silly superstitions and sucky science. In short, it appears that their euphoria is based on perfect (but incorrect) beliefs about life, death and everything in between.
Now, as an "outsider" from the modern world, you have hopes of teaching them the truth about so many basic things, beginning with the world not being flat.
Yet, if you start to demolish the framework of their beliefs, a portal opens to all of life's tragic emotions and worries. This, for example, is the price of teaching them about curing disease with modern medicine and such. Malaria, it seems is not cured by making goat sacrifices to the tree gods. Let them die young but happy?
So, do you EDUCATE them?
Or, do you hide the TRUTH, preserving their glowing joy?
If you don't tell them anything, they ignorant, but blissful.
So, what do you do?
(ps: Isn't this the same crazy glue that keeps people trapped within cults like Scientology woefully and intentionally ignorant? )
Let me make this story even worse!
Suppose it is not about people on any remote island BUT it is about your relatives and friends on Facebook!