The Fireplace Delusion
I experienced none of the resistance he assumes. As someoone who smoked cigarettes and looked at tobacco, wood is just similar stuff, but bigger, give or take. And the smoke bites in the lungs in an even worse way (though I would assume cigarettes have additional stuff that make the smoke seem easier on the lungs while making it even more toxic). So why should I have a problem believing that? And I always loved fire, I love the smell from a distance at least, but hey, gasoline also smells nice, and I&#x27;m not sniffing that either.<p>I just haven&#x27;t thought about it actively, but if you had asked me &quot;what do you think is more harmful, cigarette smoke or wood fire smoke&quot;, I would say &quot;I have no clue, and I suspect it may also depend on wood type, but the way you&#x27;re asking makes me suspect wood is worse&quot;.<p>So thanks for the PSA, but I&#x27;m not sure what the point is in regards to religious believers.<p>&gt; that should give you some sense of what we are up against whenever we confront religion.<p>What does that mean? It should give me an idea, but it doesn&#x27;t, so spell it out. All this teached me is that I am vastly different from personal friends of Sam Harris. I could have guessed that, too.<p>edit: You could shorten it all to &quot;<i>Wood fire smoke is very toxic, yet most people refuse to believe that because they find it very comfy, despite any evidence you present them with. That should give you some sense of what we are up against whenever we confront religion.</i>&quot;, and it would be obvious that the actual point is just left as exercise to the reader.