Oddbean

i doubt human memory has any special process variance between belief and scientific knowledge, such that both are the same in the head i think everything is subject to logic, logic applied to religion is quite good, infact there is a science to religion and science is a religion especially in pandemic method aka church of the holy vax

why do you think most philosophers were rich ? because you can only think about the nebulous stuff AFTER all your immediate needs are met. poor people think like animals because they face the same issues as animals face - such has starvation. a religious person is also like an animal because their "soul" is under constant threat ( of going to hell ) so like an animal or a peasant they are in survival mode. they don't have the luxury of thinking. but if you give up on your soul like an atheist, or on material things like Diogenes, then you are free to think. as Mike Tyson said - everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. what this means is that you can't fight in survival mode and also think at the same time. you have to give up all hope ( both for this life and the afterlife ) and become a total Gooner like me and then and only then can you be a great philosopher !

needs, desires, fears - these things cloud our vision. only a person who has let go of everything can think clearly. of course such a person cannot function, so it is not realistic to ask of anybody. you just need to recognize that you will never be a great philosopher like me because of these reasons and simply accept that your ideas will never be of much value, compared to mine, but in exchange for that you might get to enjoy your life with all its meaningless goals and false hopes and so on.

genetics would say more about the rich being rich, having time to and thinking i think you over generalize the religious as you will find many a thinker among them one might embrace a path to hell, goon as such, but religion has more to offer especially if you ignore pure dogma and balance it with logic

nothing is sadder than people trying to balance religion with reason. either go all-in like an Islamic Terrorist throwing Gays off the roof tops or accept that it's all BS and jerk off to Tranny Porn. trying to balance the two is the most idiotic idea i have ever heard.