The fictions that connect us are plentiful indeed - even at the personal level we tell ourselves stories to keep us going, to keep us connected. The challenge comes when we keep a story alive and act on it, even though it is doing us harm.
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For sure. The intersubjectivity of belief in fictitious stories are far too large for one person to change. It's crazy to believe that people aren't much different than our ape cousins in small numbers, but there's almost an exponential effect when we congregate. Crazier to think that what makes us "special" are delusions.