It seems self-evident that clinging to inherited faith traditions can impede critical thinking, open inquiry, and evidence-based governance. But it seems empir

It seems self-evident that clinging to inherited faith traditions can impede critical thinking, open inquiry, and evidence-based governance. But it seems empirically true that much of what we consider critical thinking, open inquiry, and evidence-based governance has been handed down to us through societies that practice(d) inherited faith traditions. That is, even critical thinking, etc. that did not originate in a particular faith-clinging society has been preserved and nurtured through multiple other societies even when the interceding societies largely clung to inherited faith traditions different than the origin. So perhaps faith-clinging societies can be inconsistently close-minded and open-minded at the same time. Rather human.