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After too many years of attempting to discuss the phenomenon of belief with theists, I've come to a simple conclusion: either a brain has the neural hardwiring necessary to follow an irrefutable train of reasoning to its inevitable conclusion, or it doesn't. In my experience at least 80% of the population appears to lack the necessary neural hardwiring and no amount of patient discussion, use of examples, or careful logical progression will be of any use whatsoever. It's a dialog of the deaf best avoided, so that time can be spent more fruitfully elsewhere. Theists remain trapped in their anthropomorphic projections in the same way as a very small child is trapped inside its "me-centric" notion of existence. The only difference is that most children eventually outgrow (to at least a limited degree) their original solipsistic worldview.

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Allan Milne Lees
Allan Milne Lees

Written by Allan Milne Lees

Anyone who enjoys my articles here on Medium may be interested in my books Why Democracy Failed and The Praying Ape, both available from Amazon.

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