(July 31, 2019 at 5:35 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: Overall, atheists may not be any more reasonable than other groups. But that doesn't have anything to do with their atheism. It has everything to do with their "group-ness."
Right, it has to do with all of us being human. We are all capable of thinking we are being reasonable when we aren't.
And group-ness helps unreasonableness a lot. Mutual reinforcement. None of us is immune.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool."
-- Richard Feynman