Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-2165692-20140425203121/@comment-24590102-20141120232234

I would suggest that when we believe in what is propagated by Uthrax, we allow ourselves to fall victim to the Falmer by justifying their behaviour and, in some small way, avoiding conflict with them by avoiding certain areas - when their behaviour is worse than that of the local bandits. At least the bandits don't take slaves.

I would go so far as to say that it is not necessary to believe anything and, in my experience, belief is harmful because it allows us to be deceived and, thereby, robbed of our informedness of choice. Any "choice" made in the absence of informedness is an illusion and, so, volition and free will itself depend on knowing the truth of matters being decided. Belief is, solely, a justification for the suspension of investigation and is, thereby, an obstacle to informed choice. Thus it is better to either know or to accept the lack of knowledge for what it is instead of erecting beliefs which can only ever make us too arrogant acknowledge those areas in which our beliefs conceal our ignorance of the facts.

So, in the absence of anything probative, why believe the claims that the Falmer are blind?