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Re:Tortured by regrets? A new study details how best to over... by VoodooJuJu on Thursday September 19, 2024 @11:25AM (#41592892)
The people downvoting this are the same people who are lapping up the commandment in the linked article. They're disciples of a religion called Scientism. They rebuke the notion of religion and faith while failing to see that they themselves practice it. That they can't see it makes them ripe for manipulation. The adherent of Scientism, the rationalist, is easily fooled by his own "rationality".

But lament not. These rationalists can be exploited for fun, profit, and votes.

>The characteristic feature of the loser is to bemoan, in general terms, mankind’s flaws, biases, contradictions, and irrationality—without exploiting them for fun and profit.

- Nassim Taleb

Re:Tortured by regrets? A new study details how best to over... by zelphirkalt on Thursday September 19, 2024 @11:34AM (#41592981)
Exploiting for profit -- That sounds exactly like what some religious structures are doing. Perhaps "fun" for them, but bad for the ones exploited.
Re:Tortured by regrets? A new study details how best to over... by roninorder on Thursday September 19, 2024 @12:19PM (#41593448)
I am an atheist but it's preposterous to dismiss the fact that a vast number of people find healing in organized or individualized religion. Or to suggest that the sole purpose of religion is exploitation for profit.
Re:Tortured by regrets? A new study details how best to over... by zelphirkalt on Friday September 20, 2024 @07:47AM (#41601048)
> Or to suggest that the sole purpose of religion is exploitation for profit.

Which is not what I did. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Re:Tortured by regrets? A new study details how best to over... by roninorder on Friday September 20, 2024 @01:27PM (#41604000)
You are right, I extrapolated a bit too far.
Re:Tortured by regrets? A new study details how best to over... by ziddoap on Thursday September 19, 2024 @01:13PM (#41594034)
>But lament not. These rationalists can be exploited for fun, profit, and votes.

Wow, very pleasant and inspiring. What a wonderful thing to encourage (and, dare I say, on brand).

Re:Tortured by regrets? A new study details how best to over... by yoyohello13 on Thursday September 19, 2024 @01:17PM (#41594078)
> But lament not. These rationalists can be exploited for fun, profit, and votes.

Implying that religious people are not (have not) been exploited in this way for centuries?