>Like the belief in democracy?
>
>Jeff
Any belief that will admit no opposition can have the same
consequences (and is at least "pseudo"-religious).
Of course that's OK cos I'm right and you're wrong ;-)
Julian
P.S. It might be as well to differentiate the factors that move the
minds of leaders from the propaganda that moves the mind of the
multitude. One might also bear in mind the possibility that there
are not just different factors, but different levels of complexity.
There seems a tendency to assume that politicians (or theologians)
are less capable of complex thought in their own areas than
physicists or other scientists are in their respective areas of
expertise. Many of us readily admit our own lack of ability to
comprehend things at the frontiers of physics, at least without the
devotion of all our energy and all our time over many years. Doesn't
it sometimes seem strange (even if it's not wrong) that we assume we
can reach valid conclusions on the most complex political issues (not
speaking about CfH) without devoting a lifetime of study to them?
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