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Comment author: [deleted] 07 June 2014 10:05:46AM 5 points [-]

One would expect an alternative to a thing to share enough characteristics with the thing to make it an alternative.

Turkey is an alternative to chicken. Ice cream is not. Teaching rationality through stories and deep-wisdom tropes is an alternative to teaching mysticism through stories and deep-wisdom tropes. Teaching rationality through academic papers is not.