It is only when I encounter serious, unironic magical thinking that I realize I'll never be able to get beyond ironic indulgence in it. I cannot unsee the very obvious and systematic breaks with realism. I'm not a rationalist, but I'm definitely a hardliner realist.
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do you think magical thinking is ever adaptive (ie correct response to the situation)?
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Replying to @tweetsbenedict @vgr
This was Dawkins’ argument: that religion was a side effect of kids who listen to their parents having a higher survival rate
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