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Death is inescapable. All beings, you and me, are heading straight into its mouth.
“The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic. The truth is that it is not the Jewish Banking Conspiracy or the Gray Aliens or the twelve-foot reptiloids from another dimension that are in control. The truth is far more frightening: Nobody is in control. The world is rudderless. —ALAN MOORE, THE MINDSCAPE OF ALAN MOORE (2003)”
― Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
― Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
“[M]isbelief is enormously engaging and even fun for those who become deeply involved in its cleverly constructed alternate worlds. People who work in the gaming industry have drawn striking parallels between the structure of a conspiracy theory such as QAnon and the structure of popular alternate-reality multiplayer games.”
― Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
― Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
“Culture-warring is easier than conversion because, as George Orwell once wrote of “transferred nationalism,” it “is a way of attaining salvation without altering one’s conduct.”
― Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
― Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
“Christian nationalism cannot turn back secularism, because it is just another form of it. In fact, it is an even more virulent form of secularism because it pronounces as “Christian” what cannot stand before the Judgment Seat of Christ.”
― Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
― Losing Our Religion: An Altar Call for Evangelical America
“Stressful conditions tax our cognitive bandwidth, reducing our ability to think clearly and exercise executive control. Stress also hurts our ability to make rational long-term decisions that require delayed gratification. Living in a community in which we feel a sense of trust and support acts as a buffer against the detrimental impact of scarcity. However, a higher level of income inequality in our community can fray our sense of social trust.”
― Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
― Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things
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