Alien Brain Fog

Is everyone in the world a little crazy right now? Maybe so. My hypothesis? We are going through an ontological crisis and can no longer tell truth from fiction.

An Ontological Crisis occurs when the nature of reality is very different than you thought it was. You’re shown evidence that is so fundamentally against the world you believed you lived in that you don’t know what to believe any more.  It’s a metaphysical crisis. Like Barbie leaving BarbieLand.  Or realizing that aliens are real.  In laymans’ terms, it’s a crisis of faith. We have faith we understand the world around us. We do not what is real.

The courts delayed Donald Trumps trial while they determined whether or not he was immune to the law.  If an alien robs a store in a Miami Mall, can you charge him with theft? Both of these questions can be answered by looking at the rule of law: what is it and who does it apply to?  Do we in the West currently live under the Rule of Law? Or is Noam Chomsky correct in his belief we are living under a Plutocracy?  Episode 003 looks at historical exemptions to the rule of law. Certain groups of people have not always been protected by the law. 

What is tribalism and how does it affect your brain?  Humanity is having an ontological crisis. The world, the real world, is not what we thought it was. We are not as rich as we thought we were. We are not as safe as we thought we were. We are not as alone as we thought we were.  And that fear is making humans act like rats trapped in a cage.  When we are afraid, we are more likely to perceive other people as a threat to our safety. Especially if that other person is different than us.  Episode 004 of Alien Brain Fog explores the concept of Tribalism and its impact on our cognitive abilities. And why aliens won't come to save us.