Change Your Story, Change Your Life

STAGES OF TRUTH The philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer, gave us the concept of the three stages of truth. There’s a debate about whether or not it was Schopenhauer. That’s not what this podcast is about. This episode explores the brilliant observation that any new truth must pass through three stages before it is fully accepted and embraced by society. The three stages of truth are: Ridicule Violent Opposition Self Evident It’s fascinating that people will accept something as self evident, and, at that stage, even embrace it and passionately promote it after they violently opposed it. What does that mean? It means that humans are hardwired to strongly resist change and to make many of their choices irrationally. Most of our decisions are emotionally based and rationally justified. That’s what makes us storytelling machines. Here are some examples in our world of things that have either passed through or are still going through the three stages of truth. The automobile The a