A lot of people pretend to know a lot about things that they don’t really know a lot about. I’m guilty of this, especially when trying to get out of conversations that I don’t really want to be a part of. I also used to do this when someone mentioned people that I hadn’t heard of, but have since stopped doing that because that’s stupid and can lead to embarrassment later on.

  Take a simple fact such as “the sky above us is blue.” The sky is not, in fact, blue, nor is it technically above us because a) directions aren’t consistent with how humans behave – when you lie down, “above” should change with the rotation of your brain, yet it doesn’t; b) even if “above” were a real direction, the sky isn’t real anyway so none of it matters; and c) even if what we see is actually blue, blue isn’t real either so the whole thing is quite confusing altogether. However, we as a society have collectively decided that “the sky above us is blue” is undoubtedly true because the real explanation is too complicated for our tiny little minds to comprehend – and if anyone tries to explain it to us in a way that we do understand, then we either call them pretentious or we don’t care enough to actually listen. Unless you’re the weirdo who actually knows why it’s not true.

  Weather programs on TV have been notoriously incorrect. Obviously with the development of satellite technology and a greater understanding of weather patterns, it has become more accurate. But when someone says “there’s a 10% chance of rain” then that’s total and utter hogwash because if it rains then there’s a 100% chance it rained, and if it doesn’t then there’s a 0% chance it happened. This is because statistics and probability are all made up concepts that simply exist to appease those who can’t deal with things being certain or impossible.

  There is no guarantee that the Sun will rise tomorrow, despite what meteorologists say.  It is impossible that I’ll ever eat worms. At least, that’s what I believe. But obviously I’m wrong.