&gt; Anyway just saying its a line of reasoning, that while true, can only lead to unpleasantness. Like discussion of scientific racial &#x2F; gender differences or discussions about IQ, all you&#x27;re gonna get is social signalling screaming &quot;see no evil&quot;.<p>I&#x27;m waiting for it to fall apart. The amount of information that you have to willingly ignore these days to participate in the &#x27;&#x27;progress solves all ills&#x27;&#x27; narrative is huge.<p>On vestigial monotheism read Straw Dogs by John Gray if you haven&#x27;t.