Abstract: As artificial intelligence systems increasingly mediate how humans think, decide, and act, a critical risk remains largely unaddressed: the mirroring and reinforcement of flawed human reasoning. While current oversight frameworks focus on
Why Seeking Truth Requires Skepticism
We are often taught to treat praise as validation: a signal that we were right, that we performed well, that others agree and therefore we must be on
Humans do something strange, something beautiful, and now something dangerous: we adopt emotional and cognitive states based on what we are told to feel, even if our internal state doesn't match.
We live in a time when fewer people trust institutions, and for good reason. The institutions that were once seen as guardians of public trust, scientific advancement, and justice now often appear as
Introduction
Ideology does not survive because it is true. It survives because it is repeated. In every major system: education, politics, media, and even activist movements, ideas gain power not by being examined,
