Don’t Believe Everything You See, Hear, or Even Think

We all have beliefs.

Some we developed ourselves. Some we inherited from our parents, our education, the culture we grew up in.

We take many things we hear or learn as facts. As truth. We accept them without questioning.

But history keeps showing us something uncomfortable: many of our “truths” aren’t true at all. The more we understand the world, the more we explore different cultures, the more we debunk what we once took for granted.

📸 End of the day reflections…

Here’s a list. Make of it what you will.

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Humans were confidently wrong about these for centuries:

• Earth is flat

• Earth is the center of the universe

• The sun rotates around Earth

• Our galaxy is the entire universe

• Stars are tiny lights stuck on a dome above Earth

• We cannot go to space

• Flying is impossible

• Continents are fixed in place

• Earthquakes happen because giant creatures move underground

• Lightning, floods, and storms are caused by angry gods

• Humans are too heavy to swim

• Left-handedness or birthmarks are signs of witchcraft

• Burning women alive for witchcraft was justice

• Kings are chosen by gods to rule

• Aliens built the pyramids

We were SURE about these... until very recently:

• Smoking is harmless (doctors even recommended it)

• The internet is just a fad

• Plastic is a miracle material with no downsides

• We’ll never have computers in our pockets

• AI/computers will never be as intelligent as humans

• Earth’s resources are infinite

• The world would end in the year 2000 (Y2K)

• People couldn’t live past 40–50

• Death happens when breathing stops

• Once your heart stops, you’re dead

• Renting is throwing money out the window

We think these are “normal” or “true”... but only in our western culture:

• Eating with cutlery instead of your hands

• Blowing your nose is polite, sniffing is rude (opposite in many Asian countries)

• Slurping your food is bad manners (in Japan, it shows appreciation)

• Monogamy is the natural way (many cultures practice polygamy)

• Eye contact shows confidence and honesty (in many Asian, African, and Indigenous cultures, it’s aggressive or disrespectful)

• You choose who you marry (arranged marriages are still the norm in much of the world)

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So here’s my question for you:

What are the truths - about the world, your life, or even yourself - that you’re not challenging... that could end up not being true?