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science can only be a tool the human animal has invented to deal with a world it cannot fully understand.
“In 1938 humans were offered three global stories to choose from, in 1968 just two, and in 1998 a single story seemed to prevail. In 2018 we are down to zero. No wonder that the liberal elites, who dominated much of the world in recent decades, are in a state of shock and disorientation. To have one story is the most reassuring situation of all. Everything is perfectly clear. To be suddenly left without any story is terrifying. Nothing makes any sense.”
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
― 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
“Do people believe in human rights because such rights actually exist, like mathematical truths, sitting on a cosmic shelf next to the Pythagorean theorem just waiting to be discovered by Platonic reasoners? Or do people feel revulsion and sympathy when they read accounts of torture, and then invent a story about universal rights to help justify their feelings?”
― The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
― The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion
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