Re:Some people swear by Alcoholics Anonymous and others desp...
by VLM on Thursday January 04, 2018 @10:39AM
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There's a perfect analogy to religion.
One guy sees X% of the population is a member of faith group A, and X% is a member of faith group B, where A and B are incompatible, therefore the guy is depressed that somehow proves no religion has the one true answer and all are false insert peak nihilism here.
Another guy sees the same data and is elated that the solution set of "happy successful peacefully coexisting religious people" is such a large number provably at least two times X percent.
Which outlook resonates better, depends mostly on your personal model of how you want the world to work, rather than what actually works.
One guy sees X% of the population is a member of faith group A, and X% is a member of faith group B, where A and B are incompatible, therefore the guy is depressed that somehow proves no religion has the one true answer and all are false insert peak nihilism here.
Another guy sees the same data and is elated that the solution set of "happy successful peacefully coexisting religious people" is such a large number provably at least two times X percent.
Which outlook resonates better, depends mostly on your personal model of how you want the world to work, rather than what actually works.