(March 29, 2017 at 10:49 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: It's not terribly different from the phenomenon of religious sectarianism: "Dude, my imaginary conspiracy is more real than your imaginary conspiracy."
Never mind the turtles, it's No True Scotsmen all the way down.
It's actually better than that. It's more like, "You're part of my imaginary conspiracy." "Uh, no, you're part of my imaginary conspiracy."
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
