180. Andy Norman — Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think
The Michael Shermer Show
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Raising Religious Children Is Not Just a Form of Child Abuse
i like dawkins point a lot there, and i'd want to be pretty acumenical in its application. It doesn't seem to me we should be drilling cansianism into kids until they're 18 any more than we should be drill our religious preferences into them. So many people treat their beliefs is like heirloom furniture to be hung on to generation after generation. And fellow human beings who might challenge those beliefs are like the house guests that about have worn out their welcome by questioning them. Iht i recommend flipping that on its head. Treat your beliefs as the house guests that might wear out their welcome at any time if you're not willing to let go of beliefs when
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