Nir Eyal
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
A negative view of aging is aging involves inevitable decline.
Okay, those are two beliefs.
One is positive, one is negative.
Aging involves inevitable decline versus growth and adaptation as possible at any age.
Now, let me ask you, which one of those is true?
Well, both are actually true.
And aging does involve inevitable decline.
The point is, is that beliefs aren't necessarily truths.
That's not the deciding factor.
A belief is a tool, not a truth, a tool.
A fact is an objective truth.
A fact is something that is true whether you believe it or not.
The world is more like a sphere than it is flat.
Sorry, flat earthers.
The globe doesn't care what you think.
The world is round, whether you like it or not.
On the other end of the spectrum is faith.
Faith is a conviction that does not require evidence.
Okay, so that's faith and fact.
In between fact and faith is a belief.