“Politics” functions as a replacement religion for a swathe of younger Americans. It is dysfunctional as a religion AND as politics. Religion satisfies innate human needs. Can we build a better substitute?https://twitter.com/curiouswavefn/status/1189723371329601536 …
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Oh man, I'm very reminded of the latest SlateStarCodex article on the way the New Atheism movement got absorbed into social justice:https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/30/new-atheism-the-godlessness-that-failed/ …
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Sarah McManus Retweeted David Chapman
And as I was reading that post, I thought of your tweet about one type of antidote:https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/1160077601412505600 …
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David Chapman @MeaningnessReplying to @ctbeiserThis struck me too. I suspect the fundamental phenomenon is that it’s a biological imperative for everyone to have a religion, and if you don’t pick an explicit one, your physiology enlists you in the culture war instead. Antidote: adopt a really silly religion. (Like mine.)1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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I nearly repeated that!
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