MrMind comments on Open Thread, May 25 - May 31, 2015

MrMind 27 May 2015 9:59 UTC
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Ideas that retain their convincingness in the long term do so not by being especially rigorously argued or supported by solid evidence, but by constituting a large enough, coherent enough story to crowd out influence from day to day experience

I think religions fit the bill pretty nicely.
- Richard_Kennaway 27 May 2015 21:14 UTC
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  I think religions fit the bill pretty nicely.
  
  I think pop science does as well.