In the world today we see the proliferation of bad ideas! Ideas that are false because they contain some aspect that is not true, that does not correspond to reality.

I have been researching across a broad range of topics for the past 10 years, and I have found bad ideas in almost every subject I look into: In science, in medicine, in politics, in climatology, in philosophy, and in the thinking of ordinary people.

Bad ideas, or ideas that are false, cannot lead to anything but failure and suffering. So it’s imperative that we identify any false ideas that we believe to be true. We must consider them, evaluate them, judge them, and reject them.

Ideas affecting values and choices

The most dangerous false ideas are not ones that point to events and things, out there in the world, but those that affect our thinking, our values, and our choices. Meaning, the ideas that affect the way we live. These are the fundamental ideas that, if false, lead to many other downstream or subsequent ideas that are also false.

For example, in medicine, the evidence that contradicts the cherished theory of the cause of disease (germ theory) is ignored. Such evidence reveals that the idea is false. Consequently, no one is looking for a theory of disease causation that is not contradicted by the facts of reality – i.e., the one that is true, because the question has already been answered – if falsely. Remember, all consequent actions based on a falsely identified cause, will, a) not work, and b) cause suffering. (And this is what we see in medicine and health care systems across the world.) The same principle holds for all the bad ideas out there in every field of study. In other words, this is a widespread cultural problem extending across the board. When you uncover something false in the mainstream narrative, it is not an unfortunate isolated incidence. The root problem is systemic!

My purpose in this podcast is to share with you some of the most fundamental false ideas I have identified, so that you too may consider them, and if you hold them to be true, that you may perhaps reconsider them.

There is one specific category of ideas that should be at the top of your list for questioning. These are all the ideas that pertain to, and reflect, the thinking of men. These are usually of a philosophical nature, because philosophy IS the study of fundamental ideas that effect the way we live. These ideas are not at all obviously false, because they are quite abstract, and removed from the observable facts of daily life.

It is the results of such false and fundamental ideas that manifest in the institutions of men, such as in the realms of politics, economics, science and technology, health care, etc.

Some ideas are very powerful because they motivate us and effect our values. The most obvious example is the recent idea of a pandemic, with a scary disease-causing pathogen sweeping the planet changed the behaviour of billions of people! As opposed to an idea of where to have lunch.

It’s worth noting that We very rarely deal with ideas one at a time. They come packaged together in bundles with some component ideas appearing more obviously than others. These complex ideas must be unpacked. For example, the alleged climate emergency issue implicitly makes human beings the problem. Since human actions, from breathing to all forms of energy use, release CO2. If we accept that human caused carbon dioxide is a problem for the environment, we implicitly accept that human activity is the problem.

Let’s look at a couple of examples, that a lot of people hold to be true.

Number 1 – Unconditional Love

This is held up as some kind of wonderful ideal to be aspired to. But what does it mean? It means to love someone for no reasons whatsoever. This means, you should be just as willing to love an evil child molester, as a caring and benevolent parent; You should be just as willing wi...