Lee Riethmiller, who knew and taught 110 languages, told me that though they may each have quite complex aspects, there was a cap to the total complexity of any given language—probably because of cognitive limits of average speakers. 1/
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This limit to dogmatism might explain why the Christian Science Monitor can be so spot rational on many topics: Christian Science's dogma quickly exhausted the human budget for irrational bullshit to adhere to, leaving their believers relatively unbiased on those topics. 3/
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However, limits to dogmatism can be pushed back: a- for very intelligent people who can deal with much more dogmatism and more "advanced" dogmatism than the average idiot. b- for dogmas that explicitly undermine reason as such, in general and on all topics. 4/
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The most dogmatic, of course, will be the very intelligent believers in some radical anti-rationality dogma—whether this dogma is some "modern" Christian sect, some backward Islamic school, or rabid post-modernism.
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