Which is to say, the brain equates beliefs to truths, which is an extremely difficult-to-overcome fallacy.
In fact this construct is the basis for the illusion of the self - so it's inextricably linked to the human experience. The idea of an unbroken consciousness relies on a forward projection of a "future self" that is consistent with past experience. Practically, this construct is incompatible with objective experience because of our limitations for recall and "objective" evaluation of experience.
But I'm also not convinced there's no such belief structure out there that isn't capable of solving this pickle.
I don't think it's a belief structure that is needed - it's deeper than we can manifest so we need something to augment our limited capability.
[edit] On your first point: we can't ever really know The Truth (about any big meta issues)
I think that's true from an epistemic perspective, but I think we can reduce the uncertainty of variability around truth with enough inputs about causal factors in whatever event/issue is being evaluated.
In fact this construct is the basis for the illusion of the self - so it's inextricably linked to the human experience. The idea of an unbroken consciousness relies on a forward projection of a "future self" that is consistent with past experience. Practically, this construct is incompatible with objective experience because of our limitations for recall and "objective" evaluation of experience.
But I'm also not convinced there's no such belief structure out there that isn't capable of solving this pickle.
I don't think it's a belief structure that is needed - it's deeper than we can manifest so we need something to augment our limited capability.
[edit] On your first point: we can't ever really know The Truth (about any big meta issues)
I think that's true from an epistemic perspective, but I think we can reduce the uncertainty of variability around truth with enough inputs about causal factors in whatever event/issue is being evaluated.