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What does Sam Harris mean by saying that religions are failed sciences?

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What does Sam Harris mean by saying that religions are failed sciences?
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RE: What does Sam Harris mean by saying that religions are failed sciences?
January 23, 2024 at 1:27 pm
also whether the story is focused on communicating preexisting understanding, or merely leverage preexisting understanding as a convenient crutch to make some new but central-for its-own-purpose story sound more credible by making it appear fresh bullshit had basis in immemorial knowledge.
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RE: What does Sam Harris mean by saying that religions are failed sciences? - by Anomalocaris - January 23, 2024 at 1:27 pm

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