I started reading Karl Popper's An Open Society and It's Enemies and I've also listened to the Philosophize This podcasts and read the Stanford Encyclopedia about it, but I'm not an expert. This seems to be the essence of the philosophy though. An open society is based on scientific rationality and a willingness to change our minds based on evidence. I like that viewpoint. It's why I am attracted to the Cypherpunk ethos; but the enemies of an open society want magical thinking and they want to be on the winning team. Unfortunately, that seems to be the norm. It's the same impulse that makes Kansas City Royal fans die hard Kansas City Royal fans. It's not based on rationality, but rather identity. Fans are not persuaded to abandon ship based on poor performance of the baseball players on thier favorite team. They identify with the team in good times and bad. They say "We are the best" no matter what the actual performance of the players are. Stories are the mechanism in which this information is transmited, but I guess I also just told a story too.🤣