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3 Post author: evand 15 June 2013 12:56PM

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Comment author: hedges 16 June 2013 03:38:01PM *  0 points [-]

Religion was an example, coming from the general category of social subgroups that carry a large impact on identity and create a sense of exclusivity, which also includes every group you described.

I would rather not see rationality marginalized into such categories, in anyone's mind.

Comment author: maia 16 June 2013 07:10:25PM 0 points [-]

So, you think it is bad for rationality to be a) strongly associated with a person's identity, and/or b) create a sense of exclusivity, or belonging to a group. Is that right?

Maybe I'm missing something obvious here, but... why do you think this is a bad thing?