Greetings on this Monday, April 7th, 2024, and welcome to Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's daily article written by our co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

Kamala Harris was, quote, completely shocked by her election night loss to Donald Trump,

while her running mate, Tim Walts, was so stunned by their defeat that he had no words.

This is, according to the Hill correspondent Amy Parnes, co-author of Fight,

inside the wildest battle for the White House.

Reading the book, I noted the degree to which their campaign team bought the hype that they

were doing better than they were based on crowd sizes and fundraising.

They are not the first, of course.

Mitt Romney's internal polls persuaded him that he would defeat Barack Obama in

2012, for example. Our quote, post-truth culture is absolutely convinced that there is no such

thing as absolute truth, despite the illogic of this claim. In this view, reality is what we

believe it to be. But believing something

doesn't necessarily make it true, as any politician who lost a race they thought they would

win can tell you. Duke was convinced that they would defeat Houston Saturday night up to the last

seconds of the game when they didn't.

Now I'm convinced my hometown Cougars will defeat Florida tonight to win the NCAA men's championship unless they don't.

However, believing something to be true can make it true if the consequences of our choice depends upon our choice. For example, if I believe I am

capable of being a good writer and therefore write this article, I then have the opportunity

to make my belief a reality. By contrast, some realities become true for us because we refuse

to believe that they are true. If I believe I am

unworthy of writing this article and therefore refuse to finish it, my belief becomes a self-fulfilling

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