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> Belief should not be optional What does that mean in real terms? What do you propose doing to those people who take the option of not believing? If the answe
by jdoliner 9y ago
> Belief should not be optional
What does that mean in real terms? What do you propose doing to those people who take the option of not believing? If the answer is nothing then belief is indeed optional.
- tepe1 9y agoYou simply stop talking to them. In the real world when people begin spouting nonsense they are ejected from the community almost immediately. At elite institutions claims to not "believe" the Western synthesis are met with global permaban. (You literally have to leave the West and go to Russia or Africa.) Online of course the situation is very different. Bans ate impossible and people are free to believe everything.
- smhost 9y agodisinvited to social events, placed lower on the mate selection hierarchy, opinions not taken seriously, media makes fun of them, all the normal ways culture shapes behavior.
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