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[bennyboy]

Having the advantage of understanding evolution and physiology enables us to exercise a greater degree of control over our baser natures.

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We'd certainly hope so, right?

People value their superstitions, because they fill them with a sense of wonder and mystery in what might otherwise be a world lacking those things. I think that's WHY, for example, Republitards are so against the idea of evolution, and science in general: they do not WANT to understand, because they will have to give up the psychological advantages of ignorance.

I think there are pockets of culture, even a few nations, where sense seems to outweigh superstition. As a Canadian, I'd say Canada isn't too bad in that regard. But if you look through world history, and at the world today, it seems sense will never have its day to rule.