Which is the cause, which the effect: religious fundamentalism <=> brain impairment

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How we help them, I'm not sure. On a generational level, trying to educate people and show them the value of asking questions will hopefully lead to less ruthless parenting eventually.

Once it's already happened, I think it's really hard to do very much for an individual. I reckon each new generation is less and less impressed with the backwards and bigoted world views though, and the internet makes it harder to keep people in a bubble. Given time, I think it will only be force that keeps fundamentalism going. They're dying out and being replaced by lesser numbers, in places where you can't go around killing people for disagreeing at least.