• village604@adultswim.fan
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    14 hours ago

    That’s not necessarily true. I managed to convert one who had doubts about the dinosaurs just by giving her information.

    Some people were indoctrinated and aren’t hopeless.

    • GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz
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      9 hours ago

      Speaking as someone who used to be a young Earth creationist, some of us are just born into it and are given lots of tools and incentives to maintain the faith despite, you know, all the evidence

      Taking a class on the scientific method and reading a book on rationality was what got me to embrace doubt and decide that I only want to believe in something if it’s true

      Love of truth set me free