Reviewed answer · 17 August 2026
Why do humans believe stories?
Stories organise memory, identity, expectation and cooperation. Humans can act together around ideas that are not physical objects—laws, promises, institutions and nations—because people represent them, communicate them and respond to them. Their effects are real even when their existence depends on shared recognition.
A deeper answer
EarthSun uses “story” broadly, not as a synonym for falsehood. A story can be accurate or deceptive, liberating or destructive. Its consequences and evidence still require examination.
These are EarthSun’s published views. Where the evidence is incomplete, the question remains open.
Shared narratives help coordinate human behaviour at scale.
That every institution is unreal, equal in value, or immune from evidence.