>who made 1 = 1 The nervous system of every single animal in existence, unlike the existence of god. >because they give rise to useful interpretations of real

>who made 1 = 1 The nervous system of every single animal in existence, unlike the existence of god. >because they give rise to useful interpretations of reality The problem is consensus and alternatives. If you reject the traditional answer of "1+1" and go for one of its many, many very convincing alternatives, would anybody go after you with a fork and threateningly insist you follow the $one_true_interpretation? That's what (organized Abrahamic) religions are usually criticized for, "useful" is entirely irrelevant and dependent on the objective function used, the real test of an ideology is : what if somebody chooses a different objective function? because (organized Abrahamic) religions are often totalitarian, they cope very badly with some nodes refusing the general consensus.