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Tag: Leon Weiseltier

Oh, the humanities!

August 10, 2013 Al Denelsbeck

Jerry Coyne and crew have been having a grand old time tearing this debate apart (1st post, 2 read more

Categories: Critical Thinking, Rants, ReferenceTags: emotional crutches, emotions, humanities, Leon Weiseltier, reductionism, Ross Douthat, scientism, Steven Pinker

August 10, 2013 Al Denelsbeck

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Future cultures are going to look back on the society that we have now, and see how we got upset about certain Halloween costumes and shouted down speakers with opinions that were considered 'improper.' While at the same time, we not only protected the 'right' to believe in ridiculous centuries old religious myths, we glorified it to the point that we sought it in our politicians and allowed it to dictate our laws and behavior.

And they're going to wonder what the fuck was wrong with us...

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