January 2012
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Ideas And Identity
“If you insult my religion, you’re literally insulting me!” I think one of the most pernicious elements in society is the degree to which people identify with their conclusions. Because none of us is omniscient, all of our conclusions are tentative. I insist that unicorns do not exist, but if you were to show me a breeding population of unicorns (and get some respected zoologists to study them and...