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Darren Hiebert's avatar

I just came upon your substack today and have read a large portion of your articles. There is a lot of valuable material in them. I found numerous insights and well-presented arguments.

Nevertheless, your anti-religious bias is quite apparent, and I would hazard to guess that you do not have much detailed knowledge of religion, in general or in particular. It seems to me that your mental picture of religion is quite cartoon-like, formed from stereotypes, extremes, and bad examples.

All of which leads me to conclude that you are firmly located upon Mount Piety with regards to religion. This is an irony and a terrible blind spot for someone who writes about how other people's confidence in speaking out about a topic vastly exceeds their knowledge on that topic.

Lastly, intellectual exploration into sociological topics should be taken in order to understand, rather than to mock those less erudite or intellectual than oneself, or to signal one's own superiority to them. Otherwise, it's merely a parade.

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Mike Williams's avatar

Brilliant summary of Dunning-Kruger !!

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