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Believing so in absence of hard evidence to the contrary is delusional and won't make things better.

Have you considered that if you had hard evidence, it wouldn't be a 'belief', it would be a known fact?

And from there, why humans have evolved an ability to believe ... at all? What function that provides in a mind? Beliefs don't have to accurately reflect reality for them to be useful in changing your behaviour for the better.



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