gimulnautti , 15 days ago When any cognitive beliefs resist disproof by evidence, they are not factual beliefs. They are secondary cognitive attitudes backed up by religious credence or political fervour. The backing of the attitude in this case is strong enough to hide/normalise the split and oscillation between factual and imagined reality. #amreading @bookstodon Neil Van Leeuwen Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity
When any cognitive beliefs resist disproof by evidence, they are not factual beliefs.
They are secondary cognitive attitudes backed up by religious credence or political fervour.
The backing of the attitude in this case is strong enough to hide/normalise the split and oscillation between factual and imagined reality.
#amreading @bookstodon
Neil Van Leeuwen Religion as Make-Believe: A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity