To derail slightly, this is a great point that I repeatedly try to emphasize to fervent anti-theists.
For most people, organized religion is the closest brush with philosophy that they will ever have. Currently, there is no other social institution that makes people ponder what it means to be good, or to seek truths beyond the practical matters of every day life. College education comes the closest, but not everyone gets that privilege.
I’ve got to say though...with the disclaimer that this is the only post I’ve read from here—Moldbug’s post is entertaining, but it has a pronounced pseudo-intellectual feel about it. Pretty writing, but he’s tying a lot of separate concepts together into one big picture from very sparse premises.
Although, I suppose that is the state of most political commentary. It’s all hollow all the way through, until you get into specifics and data.
To derail slightly, this is a great point that I repeatedly try to emphasize to fervent anti-theists.
For most people, organized religion is the closest brush with philosophy that they will ever have. Currently, there is no other social institution that makes people ponder what it means to be good, or to seek truths beyond the practical matters of every day life. College education comes the closest, but not everyone gets that privilege.
I’ve got to say though...with the disclaimer that this is the only post I’ve read from here—Moldbug’s post is entertaining, but it has a pronounced pseudo-intellectual feel about it. Pretty writing, but he’s tying a lot of separate concepts together into one big picture from very sparse premises.
Although, I suppose that is the state of most political commentary. It’s all hollow all the way through, until you get into specifics and data.