Good exists - a Catholic comments

[Angrboda]

I'm reminded of the situation in politics. We know from psychology that once a person believes something, the odds are greater that any input will strengthen that belief. So I look at conservatives as victims of human psychology. But at the same time, I must acknowledge that I, too, must be a victim of my beliefs. I don't know exactly what I should do with that information. We seem to have incredibly strong intuitions that we make our assessments rationally, that our lives have meaning, and that we have free will. It seems to require an effort to care that all of these things may be false. And it seems unnatural that we should come to believe that they are false. Which suggests there is some overriding reward for believing that these things are false. It strongly suggests that our attitude toward these questions is determined by what we find useful and rewarding more than what might or might not be true.

As to the questions themselves, I find no strong argument to be made one way or the other.