Of course

But obviously the old books must be burned

Cant have racist literature floating around

Recycled. Burning releases harmful carbon dioxide.

De-colonize science because science can't explain why this voodoo shaman claims he can shoot lightning from his staff

Checkmate atheists

Sorry... "from *xir's* staff". Let's not be assuming anyone's gender

With a sufficiently post-modernist world view maybe xe can shoot lighting from xir staff.

If everything is socially constructed, and everyone believes that lightning is coming out of the staff, then who can say it isn't?

What even is lightning?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6156029/amp/Second-person-struck-deadly-monkeypox-virus-UK.html

>avian flu
>swine flu
>monkeypox

http://wp.production.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/files/im/LfyMh0G.gif

This is an example of socially constructed reality.

For most of human history this is how we functioned in the world.

Stop eating monkeys

@Atkins how do you know that's not real? Are you a doctor/shaman?

I'd like to see your credentials, xir

Decolonize your understanding of science

The very beginnings of post-modernism were the attempts of the devout Christians to slow or halt the advance of modernity and rationality.

I don't know if that would be considered postmodernism or a form of very old religious conservatism

Clearly they did not anticipate what their philosophy would become.

The Christian revivals and shakers would be pre-modern.

I don't know much about philosophy so I don't know about the path this kind of reasoning took

Yeah, I've seen that

But couldn't you argue that modernism also paved the way for post-modernism?

Yes, post-modernism is a direct response to modernism and its failings. Modernism cannot answer the hard problem of consciousness, and cannot answer questions about how you should live your life.

If we're to believe JBP, ancient texts and myths give us a path to how to live our lives

Maybe science just hasn't cracked the problem of how to explain consciousness *yet*

JBP is trying to do something that needs to be done but he's out of his depth. Everyone is.

That makes sense

How can you come up with a way in which to tell everyone how to live their lives

There may not be one way. One thing we're beginning to discover is that human minds are not uniform in perception and cognition.

You probably saw Tim's recent video on 'inner voice' or seen the NPC meme that sprang from that article.

I did

I have the inner voice but I know people who don't

They looked at me like I was crazy lol

But I also tend to talk to myself out loud

That's not a new thing, and it's only a tiny piece of the literature on the subject, but the important thing is that people in a very literal way think differently. They perceive differently.

Some people may actually believe in what we label social construction.