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Fundamentally, I see religion as an enterprise that defines the structure of existence (metaphysics), explains how humans in their "base state" are deficient wi
by m_fayer 8y ago
Fundamentally, I see religion as an enterprise that defines the structure of existence (metaphysics), explains how humans in their "base state" are deficient within that structure, to their detriment and that of others, and finally establishes elaborate practices for addressing the deficiency.
Perhaps you can find something analogous to this structure in psychology, but I just don't see it in the rest of the scientific landscape.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoI could stretch it to say that climate science exactly 'defines the structure of existence (metaphysics), explains how humans in their "base state" are deficient within that structure, to their detriment and that of others, and finally establishes elaborate practices for addressing the deficiency' - except that the practices, so far, don't actually address the deficiency adequately. I will agree that I don't see this structure elsewhere in science...
- ConceptJunkie 8y agoPerhaps not, but I definitely see a lot of things analogous that in politics.