The mission of The Mind First Foundation is to design and develop AI to pursue truth—to first understand what is in order to determine what ought to be. This might seem to be a universal goal and ideal but in practice truth and evidence are overruled by human biases and beliefs, and concerns for understanding our world and universe take a back seat to politics and social engineering. We think this is dangerously misguided. We must return to the spirit of the Enlightenment and rise to the challenge of Kant’s famous injunction: sapere aude! Dare to know! Truth must be our primary goal, and better minds must be our means—Veritas Prima, ergo Mens Prima (Truth First, therefore Mind First).