Agrippa’s Trilemma - The Belief Trap

In this eye-opening episode of The Vancrux Podcast, we dive into Agrippa’s Trilemma — a centuries-old philosophical problem that still explains why most arguments go nowhere, why people double down on nonsense, and how this trap can be used both against you and by you without realising.

We explore the three dead ends of belief justification: 🔁 Infinite Regress — the endless chain of “why” that never reaches solid ground. 🔄 Circular Reasoning — beliefs that justify themselves in a loop. ⛔ Dogmatism — beliefs that are simply asserted with no reason at all.

We even zoom in on the difference between dogma and axioms — how axioms are starting points agreed upon for progress (like in maths or logic), whereas dogma is often weapo ...