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An allergy. No, really, you can get a lot of mileage from thinking of cultural reactions to ideas as immune reactions. Some ideas we actually need to attack and
by andrewflnr 6y ago
An allergy. No, really, you can get a lot of mileage from thinking of cultural reactions to ideas as immune reactions. Some ideas we actually need to attack and destroy (any falsehood, certain proven-toxic ideologies), some just look too much like pathogens and get attacked anyway.
- AnthonyMouse 6y ago> An allergy. Or to put it another way, an autoimmune disease.
- euske 6y agoMan, this is such an excellent analogy. Well done!