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> Heinous ideas are important because at the very least - people can define themselves against it. Heinous ideas are useful for understanding heinous people. D
by qb45 9y ago
> Heinous ideas are important because at the very least - people can define themselves against it.
Heinous ideas are useful for understanding heinous people. Defining oneself against them is what flamewars are made of.
> That's how the brain is designed.
I don't believe in creationism. It's super ironic that throughout the 19th and 20th century many self-proclaimed atheists kept working on the basis of things that actually are intelligent design assumptions.
- intended 9y agoI'm not sure how creationism got into this, but human brains react differently to different types of stimuli. In particular emotionally priming information tends to out perform rational or non-emotional complex information. Even if we ignore that, you can simply see that if moderation and corrective action is not applied forums tend to become circle jerks of in-jokes and memes.