Many people are letting their opinions determine which perspectives they're willing to explore. That's like choosing your meaning based on the words you want to use. Explore as many diverse perspectives as you can so you can get a better understanding of truth. Then you will have a better idea of what the world needs.
No perspective contains the complete, undistorted truth. Every perspective provides a different angle of truth. Some perspectives allow you to see things that you can't see from other perspectives.
You might not like an idea. You might not like the words used to convey it. It might seems too different from your own perspective. Whatever the reason, your aversion will push you into ignorance if you let it. Instead of exploring the idea, you will dismiss it and walk away.
Evaluating a perspective that you have not used yourself yields a superficial opinion. You don't have any reliable information by which to make an accurate assessment. You must first study the world through the perspective in question. Your own perspective colors your evaluations. Your perspective has its own blind spots and biases. One of those is an aversion to opposing beliefs.
Many people prefer to have someone tell them what is and is not true. We like to be selective about who has the authority to define truth for us. We worship those we deem worthy, and we scoff at those we deem unworthy. But, as long as you're letting someone else define truth for you, you are living in someone else's reality. There are people who take advantage of this, profiting from our beliefs, often to our loss. Whenever you find yourself among the masses, it may be time to question your beliefs.
One commonly proposed solution to misinformation is to "believe the experts." But, "experts" are an indistinct group of diverse humans.
Some of them want nothing more than for the truth to prevail, especially if it proves them wrong. Others are more interested in recognition or being right. Some have their own agendas, or trade their integrity for money.
How can we know which experts to trust? How can we know whether the expert is a fraud? Claiming one entity is trustworthy while others are not doesn't address the problem.
The only viable solution seems to be to trust no one perspective. Instead, take it upon yourself to explore diverse perspectives. Extract from them whatever you feel by your intuition is true. Adapt your own perspective to these glimpses of truth, allowing plenty of room for error. Contradictions will resolve themselves as long as you're thinking both rationally and intuitively. Remain open to new concepts and better explanations.
