"The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." Orwell
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Plato
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ReplyDeleteSeriously though, I posted a link here ages ago in which he analyzes religion in terms of OCD and schizophrenia. It's one of the most fascinating things I've ever read.
The link between religious thinking and paranoid schizophrenia is something to which I've referred several times, too.
ReplyDeleteHe's got something similar online.
ReplyDeleteHonestly I like his prose better than the lecture. I read this every year or two and always enjoy it.