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I unapologetically view people who literally believe the stars/planets can predict unrelated things on earth as uniquely bad at thinking (moreso than many other strange beliefs) But if you don't literally believe this, then astrology seems like it could be really cool. 1/

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Andrew Gluck | Early-Stage VC

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Dec 26, 2021

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How different than believing in a Big Man in the Sky? (Orthodox Jew here).

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i think religion is also predictive of being bad at thinking, but much less; as in, my guess would be there's a relatively small diff in thinking skill between the religious and atheist, probably cause the religious are much less likely to self select into it, it's more heritable

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(could be wrong here this is just if i had to bet money on a prediction) I'd also bet that the extremely religious, the fanatic kinds, are probably *better* at thinking compared to the more casual users

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280 chars might be too short for a reply on this, but would love to know more about your opinion behind that last comparison (fanatic versus casual religious)

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Reason as memetic immune disorder - LessWrong

A PROPHET IS WITHOUT DISHONOR IN HIS HOMETOWN …

10:14 PM · Dec 26, 2021

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if you dont wanna read the whole thing, basically the theory is like "religion is full of not-very-rational things evolved to make it less aggressive/harmful; if you are very rational *and* take a religion seriously, you revert back to original aggressive/harmful version"

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