Does anyone think I am a "bigot"?

[AFTT47]

Being open minded does not have to include clinging to the past.

Indeed not. But some things will not change - short of altering our genetic code and rewiring the brain.

We have seen that there is a fair range of flexibility regarding religion adherence. It's really high in middle eastern countries and very low in the UK and Nordic countries. So outside influence can make a difference there. When you get to more basic stuff though - like the human mind's tendency to fill in voids with patterns that aren't there - we're pretty much stuck with that. The best we can do is be aware of it and compensate for it - like we do with peer review when doing science. But sometimes these quirks of our minds come into play outside of science where they are not corrected for. That gives us bad shit like religion but it also generates things like literature, music, philosophy and culture. I question whether any of those latter things could exist if it were not for those "flaws" in the way our brains are wired. Trying to compensate for our brain wiring there comes across as misplaced and a little crazy.