Cognitive dissonance amongst the collective & an excerpt from upcoming sci-fi novel by Author Kimberly A. Irwin — The below in quotations is an excerpt from upcoming debut novel, the Enlightenment saga Book 1, by Author Kimberly A. Irwin, (unpublished, all rights reserved). “No one wants to believe that what they’ve been taught their whole life is a lie. When you’ve sacrificed and put your reputation, your integrity, your life even, on the line for your beliefs — to one day suddenly find out…