There once was an ice cream cone. It was a hot day in July and everybody wanted ice cream, so the ice cream cone became the center of a great debate. You see, some people loved chocolate ice cream and hated vanilla ice cream, so they insisted that the cone was filled with chocolate ice cream. They convinced themselves that it was chocolate because they wanted it to be chocolate. Other people loved vanilla ice cream and hated chocolate ice cream, so they insisted that the cone was filled with vanilla ice cream. They convinced themselves that it was vanilla because they wanted it to be vanilla. So some of the leaders got together and called for a committee to investigate the true flavor of the ice cream and to put together a report that would solve the issue once and for all. After much hard work, the committee came up with a 448-page document that they hoped would settle the issue forever. Even though very few people actually read the report, some of them read a few lines of the report, or read about them on FOX or CNN. The chocolate-loving crowd said “See, I told you so, the report proves that the cone is chocolate. We were right all along!” The vanilla-loving crowd said “See, I told you so, the report proves that the cone is vanilla. We were right all along!” So the leaders decided to call in the head of the committee for a hearing, to question him regarding the meaning of the report. By the night before the hearing, the chocolate-loving crowd had already determined that they would continue to believe that the cone was chocolate, no matter what were to come out of the hearing. The vanilla-loving crowd had already determined that they would continue to believe that the cone was vanilla, no matter what were to come out of the hearing. Both groups insisted that the truth was what they wanted it to be. The hearing ended up being a waste of time because by that time most people had stopped believing that the truth is something that actually exists.
The society that abandons the quest for truth buries itself under its own delusions.
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