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To: epicure who wrote (284628)	12/4/2015 12:25:01 PM
From: Cautious_Optimist	Read Replies (1) of 541876

Enlightenment philosophers illuminated the problem centuries ago. Unquestioned belief in a supernatural is a vulnerability for being controlled. It BEGINS with an immutable bias to a narrative, that generally serves a powerful enterprise or elite. Often an enterprise or elite exploits the human vulnerability, themselves governed not by a deity, but an amoral "objective" marketplace where as the "winners" they understand how to exploit the faithful believers. (See Trump, Big Oil, Pharma...) Democracy was a revolution, based on reason, distributing knowledge and power, and rejection of logical fallacy which includes a lot of old religious thinking. Understanding math and statistics without bias, casinos make $Billions off our human propensity for logical fallacy - like praying or acting out an OCD behavior so the dice won't be a seven or the slot machine will hit the jackpot. Math and statistics require critical thinking; blindfaith suspends the same. The faithful are exploited by the greedy who's "God" is power and $$$, who buy our democracy for themselves. IMHO

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