If indeed the proper understanding of these problems can contribute to our making our lives drastically different, perhaps drastically better than they ever have been, then each and every one of us should try to understand this set of problems as much as possible. My effort has been to help in that process.

In order for us to have a good life, or even survive as a species, we have to work together, to cooperate. Such cooperation is dependent upon agreement with regard to what should be done. What should be done, in order to have a good life and even survive as a species, is that which will lead to certain specifically desired outcomes of behavior. In order to achieve those specifically desired outcomes of behavior, the beliefs upon which that behavior are dependent must be as accurate as possible, to avoid making mistakes. In addition, because we are talking about our working together, there must be, as much as possible, agreement with regard to those accurate beliefs. The conscientious, cooperative search for the most accurate beliefs is I believe the most important thing that we can do. I cannot imagine otherwise. So we are talking about both agreement and accuracy of what we agree to.

All of the above leads me to the inevitable conclusion that the presence of unsolved problems that prevent our coming to agreement about important issues is a situation of utmost importance to address.

I have attempted to clarify the nature of one of these unsolved problems, and have attempted to provide a solution that I believe everyone should be able to accept. And then I have shown why I believe that this particular unsolved problem has contributed to some specific issues about which we have shown an inability to agree, with consequent pain, suffering, disability, and early death.

In general, our tendency to divide up into groups (as large as nations) according to the having of certain beliefs, about which we cannot agree because of the presence of unsolved problems such as the one I have discussed in this presentation, and then to fight and kill each other, or at least to find it easy to reject empathy for each other and to dehumanize each other, is one of our worst tendencies, if we want to have good quality of life. We need to do the opposite.