I understand and appreciate your perspective and points on science, facts, stories, and how this relates to "truth" in those contexts. But this is not the Truth in question. A true heart and innocent intent might have bad facts, support "obvious falsehoods", and we can call those out without impugning the person in whole. In my judgement, only arrogance asks if, in the midst of a psy-war of unprecedented sophistication and penetration, one can still be confused... at this stage; and only those entrenched in shadow-projection egoic "self"-defense deny their active and ongoing role in the systemic totalitarian drama playing out.
In my judgment, Malone holds to some bad ideas, and yet I trust his heart, his intention, his best effort. And Desmet is one of the most lucid, self-aware, Truth-telling, and valuable voices in the movement. If you think he's compromised or confused, it's because you have not understood him at all. (And if you can't get over either of them or anyone else holding a bad idea and are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, then I guess we're all doomed.)
And I apologize for my judgmental, projective first post. Just really tired of defending what is to me self-evident, but to others, you perhaps, is still confusing about the value of speaking Truth, no matter how badly we might at first do it.
I think you may wish to consider going back to basics.
https://open.substack.com/pub/beyondcertainty/p/science-the-avoidance-of-delusion
I understand and appreciate your perspective and points on science, facts, stories, and how this relates to "truth" in those contexts. But this is not the Truth in question. A true heart and innocent intent might have bad facts, support "obvious falsehoods", and we can call those out without impugning the person in whole. In my judgement, only arrogance asks if, in the midst of a psy-war of unprecedented sophistication and penetration, one can still be confused... at this stage; and only those entrenched in shadow-projection egoic "self"-defense deny their active and ongoing role in the systemic totalitarian drama playing out.
In my judgment, Malone holds to some bad ideas, and yet I trust his heart, his intention, his best effort. And Desmet is one of the most lucid, self-aware, Truth-telling, and valuable voices in the movement. If you think he's compromised or confused, it's because you have not understood him at all. (And if you can't get over either of them or anyone else holding a bad idea and are letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, then I guess we're all doomed.)
And I apologize for my judgmental, projective first post. Just really tired of defending what is to me self-evident, but to others, you perhaps, is still confusing about the value of speaking Truth, no matter how badly we might at first do it.