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You claimed that > religions plug into the belief systems of the gullible And > our history set us up to avoid skeptical thinking at all costs If I understa
by downshun 7y ago
You claimed that
> religions plug into the belief systems of the gullible
And
> our history set us up to avoid skeptical thinking at all costs
If I understand correctly
The second claim is paradoxical.
For the first, I argue that religions are not an entity outside us (preying on "the gullible") but inside our minds as a running process to make sense of our experience (as active skepticism). Just a well as the scientific method. However metaphysics answers different questions than science. I'm no authority on if either can be definitive.
... with thought as computational process, my question can perhaps make a little more sense. And only meant for pondering on the topic.