Not addressing the moral relativism of the article, but I’ve seen arguments over dungeons and dragons and Tolkien that share so much in common with religious an

Not addressing the moral relativism of the article, but I’ve seen arguments over dungeons and dragons and Tolkien that share so much in common with religious and political arguments, to the extent that I now suspect political and religious arguments as equally about fictions. Further, once you consider that businesses, money and property are termed “legal fictions,” it is both alarming and impressive how little time and space concrete reality takes in our minds and affairs, comparatively. The rampant falsities flying around the last few years and their diehard adherents made me wonder what percentage of an average persons beliefs are strictly false, but for which there are no negative consequences. In a lot of ways, brains seem to prefer false things, and societies insulate from reality and protect individuals from their false beliefs. Anyway, I suppose the title made me hope for something even more Neo-meets-Morpheus mind-bending.