• tsonfeir@lemm.ee
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        9 months ago

        If I told you that I believe that humanity was created as an experiment by an alien race of clouds who communicate with us through the rain, and they tell me who to vote for and who to hate, you’d think it I was batshit to blame it on the rain.

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          9 months ago

          Depends. If I also suffer such delusions, like MANY people do with religion because we’re all human and have similar profound experiences… then yes, I might actually be inclined to believe you if I didn’t have a critical mind able to parse through all your claims.

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            9 months ago

            I’d say that because we are human, we have the capacity to distinguish fiction from reality… well, most of us who have critical minds can.

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              9 months ago

              It’s nice to pretend emotion isn’t a significant, if not majority factor in peoples’ decisions, but you’re just deluded if you think even rational people don’t fall for less obvious tripe all the time.

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                  9 months ago

                  Religion. Cults of personality. Political parties. Advertisement campaigns.

                  Just look up what’s happening with the Stanley cups right now… Look how the Jews in New York reacted to their illegal excavation getting shut down (oh, what a surprise!) Look back on how crazy the US was after 9/11. Straight up cheering as our government spends trillions to spy on us.

                  People are over emotional in large enough numbers about really stupid things. It matters.

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                    9 months ago

                    So, crazy people? People who need therapy? Brainwashed people? Okay.