Lack of patience, overconfidence, more about signalling intelligence than about persuading religious people, lack of empathy. Those are the problems that came immediately to mind when I thought about it. That’s not to criticize all of New Atheism, though. I think I like the basic idea of it.
That’s not to criticize all of New Atheism, though. I think I like the basic idea of it.
And I am also a fan of at least a good subset of each of the other three examples. It’s just good, as you say, to remember how fraught with nasty side effects this whole self-improvement thing can often be.
Lack of patience, overconfidence, more about signalling intelligence than about persuading religious people, lack of empathy. Those are the problems that came immediately to mind when I thought about it. That’s not to criticize all of New Atheism, though. I think I like the basic idea of it.
Yes, those all make sense, thank you.
And I am also a fan of at least a good subset of each of the other three examples. It’s just good, as you say, to remember how fraught with nasty side effects this whole self-improvement thing can often be.