The New Nonsense: The End of the Rational ConsensusAnalyzes the embracing of non-rational ideas or beliefs in the face of contradictory evidence as a harbinger of social collapse. |
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... modern " in that the politically decisive parts of the nation had become sci- entifically minded , agnostic , and at last distracted and unstable , the structure of French society was still almost feudal and the whole system , to that ...
... modern " in that the politically decisive parts of the nation had become sci- entifically minded , agnostic , and at last distracted and unstable , the structure of French society was still almost feudal and the whole system , to that ...
Page 84
... modern labor , unlike people living on pensions , annuities , or Social Secu- rity , has some power to protect itself from inflation ; * nor is gov- ernment , for the moment , likely to try the politically dangerous move of taking that ...
... modern labor , unlike people living on pensions , annuities , or Social Secu- rity , has some power to protect itself from inflation ; * nor is gov- ernment , for the moment , likely to try the politically dangerous move of taking that ...
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... modern science or supposedly supranationalistic scholarship . At bottom , he seems more akin to Christian divines of the past several centuries who had the same belief that people of their faith were the chosen , and who studied the ...
... modern science or supposedly supranationalistic scholarship . At bottom , he seems more akin to Christian divines of the past several centuries who had the same belief that people of their faith were the chosen , and who studied the ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
On Being a Believer | 33 |
Touch Hate Feel Etc | 42 |
Copyright | |
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