Facts Don’t Make Friends
The Institute for Selective Certainty
We examine claims about how the world works and study why belief persists long after evidence has entered the room.
Our interest is persistence: why certain explanations survive contact with contradictory evidence, what makes them appealing, and what observations they’re built on.
We assume belief makes sense to the believer. Our task is to understand what it's doing, not to mock it.
Most claims begin with a real observation. The interpretation is where complexity enters.
Our approach is simple: take the claim seriously, identify what it attempts to explain, and provide a fuller account of the same phenomena. No ridicule. No theatrics.
Every claim is treated as unverified until demonstrated otherwise. That isn’t a philosophical stance. It’s operational procedure.
Belief is rarely about truth. It’s about coherence.
Observations, reports, and unsolicited theories are welcome.