RE: What does Sam Harris mean by saying that religions are failed sciences?
January 23, 2024 at 1:00 pm
(This post was last modified: January 23, 2024 at 1:06 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The turning point here is whether or not the stories arose -as- the explanation, or whether the stories arose as a way of communicating a pre-existing understanding. I, personally, think it's crystal clear that the latter is the case. We had tons of explanations. Right and wrong. What we needed was a way to solidify and communicate them. This presents itself to us as a neolithic explosion of religiosity, but it's not as if.... by the telling of a particular story in a particular way.... we learned anything about the natural interactions we already had 40-210k years of experience and observation with. Direct, personal, intimate, and consequential experience. At least 40k years of which we apprehended as fully modern human beings.
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