Having grown up in an atheist world that looked down on religion as pre-rational, it took me a long time until I asked the question what the Hebrew cult and the Catholic church would have looked like if they had been constructed by entirely rational people. Then it dawned on me.
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Has the rationality of people changed since then?
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I would argue the circumstances did. Also our mind model changed, wouldn't necessarily say it improved, simply changed according to circumstances. What is peak rationality anyway and what are legitimate values to weight (against)?
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