Ideas that retain their convincingness in the long term do so not by being especially rigorously argued or supported by solid evidence, but by constituting a large enough, coherent enough story to crowd out influence from day to day experience
I think religions fit the bill pretty nicely.
I think religions fit the bill pretty nicely.
I think pop science does as well.
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