In the balance of evidence, reasoning about “many people believe X, and it makes them happier” (whatever way that points) is a rounding error compared to evidence from archeology or textual analysis. It’s not really worth fretting too much about it.
In the balance of evidence, reasoning about “many people believe X, and it makes them happier” (whatever way that points) is a rounding error compared to evidence from archeology or textual analysis. It’s not really worth fretting too much about it.