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Neither it is about being ideologues. we are also ideologues...just that our structures to create ideologies come from a different set of structural narratives than theirs....

the only way to move these kind of people is by internal incoherence... or a general narrative overtake (which is much more difficult).

Luckily, you have a lot of people on the fence which do not have any particular knowledge of any narrative (neither enlightenment narratives).. you can convince them just explaining them one.

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I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 04:51:39 PM EST
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Also, we're right about more things more of the time.

At least I hope we are.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue May 13th, 2008 at 04:30:47 AM EST
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we have a great track record on life and death issues :)... particularly war and enviromental effects (plus some kind of bacteria).

A pleasure

I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Tue May 13th, 2008 at 11:53:29 AM EST
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