Demonstration of how narratives are created and perpetuated.
For many Latter-day Saints, it is perplexing how our scholars have managed to replace what Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery taught about the origin and setting of the Book of Mormon with their own theories (SITH and M2C).
This demonstration shows how it is done.
https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2020905540587544990?s=20
Transcript:
Despite what you might be thinking, these two circles are not equal. I repeat: these two circles are NOT EQUAL! One of them is in fact larger than the other one. What I need you to do is to determine which one that is. So, please raise your hand if you believe the blue circle is larger than the red?
Alright. Please raise your hands if you believe the red circle is larger than the blue?
Alright, very good. Now, before I said anything about these two circles, what was your first instinct? Equal, right? Because they look equal.
The reason why they look equal is 'cause in fact they are equal. These two circles are identical. Yet I got just about everyone of you to raise your hand and say that they're not.
So what do we learn? That you can be manipulated like that... that goes against your natural instincts. Just imagine, just imagine as a child you're taught that the blue circle is larger than the red. If you say it enough times, you convince yourself that's the truth. And if enough people were taught that lie, that the blue circle is larger than the red, well now it becomes part of the culture.
And if that culture then passes that misinformation along to the next generation...
(Note: The video cuts off slightly at the end, but based on the context and post caption, it aligns with the idea that repeated lies become cultural "truths.")
"If you're told the lie enough times, it becomes a part of your reality. And if enough people are taught that lie...now it becomes part of the culture."
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