Like everything that comes to me via @sarahdoingthing this is damned damned good reading http://www.meltingasphalt.com/religion-politics-and-self-suppression/ …
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I particularly like the section on religion/ideology requiring *knowledge* sacrifices: belief of falsehoods to honestly signal group loyalty
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Examples they give: transubstantiation, divine right of kings, voting as a valuable/effective use of time
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Reminds me of a parallel Theodore Dalrymple drew between modern social justice orthodoxy and the USSR http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=7445 …
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Turns out
@bowmanthebard wrote something similar back in 2011 http://www.jeremybowman.com/wordpress/?p=419 … cc@sarahdoingthing@KevinSimler2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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I guess by arguing we behave in a manner consistent with our own false belief that evidence changes belief, hence keep believing!
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@sarahdoingthing@bswud I think I get it. To paraphrase: Despite the evidence, we still believe that evidence changes belief.1 reply 1 retweet 5 likes
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