Post #1992879
2026-05-04 19:09 UTC
Sometimes we're accused of spending too much time in "echo chambers". But perhaps the opposite is more dangerous— Twitterlike spaces where everything becomes simplistic takes, points scoring, and tribal allegiances. That is to my mind just as, if not more, likely to lead to thought-terminating behaviour.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought-terminating_clich%C3%A9
(There are plenty of atheist-coded thought-terminating clichés! Can you name some?)
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Replies (3)
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@Tattie@eldritch.cafe 2026-05-04 19:09
Being a "skeptic" about other people's beliefs is easy in the grand scheme of things. Having the courage to apply the same principles to your own thinking is far harder, a much truer proof of wisdom, and far more important work. Richard Dawkins shows us exactly what happens when we refuse that work. Fin/
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@laguiri@neopaquita.es 2026-05-04 19:30
@Tattie gods are imaginary friends. Religion is a hallucination, a prop or a social disease. Do you mean this sort of thing?
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@babble_endanger@freeradical.zone 2026-05-07 07:32
@Tattie@eldritch.cafe Twitter is definitely an echo chamber for people who care about Twitter