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168. Religious, political, philosophical, even national fairy tales.

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 02:11 PM

Mar 2014

Religious fairy tales, political fairy tales, philosophical fairy tales, even national fairy tales based on little more than pretend red and blue lines on map. We do tend to hold some to higher standards than others though... despite all of them being figments of our imaginations that we base both our lives and our decisions on.

However, I do realize that we'll often rationalize one imaginary thing as "real" and important, and work towards increasing its influence while denigrating and trivializing another wholly imaginary thing. Heck, I imagine there are even a handful of people who pretend the imaginary doesn't affect them at all.

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The Venn Diagram of Irrational Nonsense [View all] zappaman Mar 2014 OP

Gee only thing left is a boring life where all upaloopa Mar 2014 #1

Why would that be in there? zappaman Mar 2014 #2

Religious, political, philosophical, even national fairy tales. LanternWaste Mar 2014 #168

. Rex Mar 2014 #4

Reality is more interesting than arguments from ignorance phil89 Mar 2014 #10

Boring? Fuck no- that sounds like fun! Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #11

Actually, there's still things like making your own beer and cheese. MNBrewer Mar 2014 #53

Awesome. nt d_r Mar 2014 #54

Yeah... gcomeau Mar 2014 #62

Thanks but I don't need it upaloopa Mar 2014 #78

So you make your own reality? LondonReign2 Mar 2014 #82

I don't get what is so important about upaloopa Mar 2014 #141

No... you really do. gcomeau Mar 2014 #117

That's just your arrogant ignorance talking. Or your ignorant arrogance. Orrex Mar 2014 #151

There must be a way to work "close minded" or "dogmatic" in there somehow. gcomeau Mar 2014 #157

Yes Springslips Mar 2014 #63

You said that not me. upaloopa Mar 2014 #143

... zeemike Mar 2014 #72

Y'know, the lives of crackpots aren't really all that exciting cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #79

Neither are the lives of the arrogant ignorant. upaloopa Mar 2014 #144

Science is "boring"? And supernatural nonsense isn't? Jgarrick Mar 2014 #80

What first hand knowledge of reality do you have ? upaloopa Mar 2014 #81

I know that astronomy is legitimate science and that astrology is bullshit. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #86

"Other belief systems" created by people with the same limited senses. cthulu2016 Mar 2014 #92

But their beliefs are based on someone's inner visions as they made themselves one with Jgarrick Mar 2014 #113

It's curious that magical thinkers like to pretend to have access to the "real" universe Orrex Mar 2014 #93

What is curious is that you expect others upaloopa Mar 2014 #145

Well, no. Orrex Mar 2014 #146

Man you are blowing this way out of upaloopa Mar 2014 #149

So, you can't actually back up your nonsense. Got it. Orrex Mar 2014 #150

So it's better to peddle pseudoscientific crap and live an exciting life? Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #85

Sadly, many people do find science boring. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #87

And call people out on the Intertubes for bad engwish, (your misery not you misery) snooper2 Mar 2014 #139

After watching a few episodes of "Cosmos" NickB79 Mar 2014 #165

Did you ever entertain the idea that the real world upaloopa Mar 2014 #166

Yes, and the conclusion I come to is that it's immaterial NickB79 Mar 2014 #167

I love getting my back cracked and massaged at the chiro... NightWatcher Mar 2014 #3

I go back and forth on chiropractors... zappaman Mar 2014 #6

I don't think you can get a... madinmaryland Mar 2014 #22

Don't be so sure zappaman Mar 2014 #24

Dr. B.J. Hardick madinmaryland Mar 2014 #30

at least he/she isn't a dentist nt d_r Mar 2014 #55

Please...stop! blackspade Mar 2014 #60

Finest chiropractor I ever came across. riqster Mar 2014 #103

There's parts that have some basis in reality jeff47 Mar 2014 #17

as soon as my chiro goes into that stuff, my eyes roll back in my head NightWatcher Mar 2014 #18

Don't forget the Mega doses of Vitamins... Thor_MN Mar 2014 #56

Mega does of vitamins are actually prescribed bunnies Mar 2014 #105

Yea, I had a vitamin D deficiency one time. phleshdef Mar 2014 #111

Same here. bunnies Mar 2014 #114

Seriously? You advocate that everyone take megadoses of vitamins, regardless if they need them or n Thor_MN Mar 2014 #135

Yeah. Thats what I said. bunnies Mar 2014 #138

About the same as what you did to what I said. Thor_MN Mar 2014 #161

Yes, "for people with severe vitamin deficiencies." Thor_MN Mar 2014 #134

Love having my neck and back cracked also when it is in spasm Mojorabbit Apr 2014 #169

Psychic surgery? Does that come with a huge psychic bill? Rex Mar 2014 #5

How you gonna get there? zappaman Mar 2014 #8

I have an Astral Van. Rex Mar 2014 #9

Or you can take a plane to a whole other plane pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #12

LOL! Are they casting for a new season of Lost on CNN? Rex Mar 2014 #15

I prefer my Camper Van Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #14

Seen them a few times zappaman Mar 2014 #23

I like pretty much everything Dave Lowery has done, personally. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #25

Don't get me wrong zappaman Mar 2014 #28

Yeah, some of those old albums are great. Weird, all over the map. Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #37

+100 LondonReign2 Mar 2014 #84

I always ask to repay in Karmic credit. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2014 #109

Cool. Scientology is like one-stop shopping for all your bollocks needs. Liberal Veteran Mar 2014 #7

Ha! I curse your simpering diagram! idendoit Mar 2014 #13

I have friends into something called "oil pulling" lately gollygee Mar 2014 #16

I'll bite zappaman Mar 2014 #21

It's a miracle cure for everything gollygee Mar 2014 #26

Wow! zappaman Mar 2014 #29

Yeah gollygee Mar 2014 #48

Ear candles. Ikonoklast Mar 2014 #120

Every 30 thousand miles Warren DeMontague Mar 2014 #40

Stuff on there I never heard of, Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #19

It's not! Scootaloo Mar 2014 #34

Good point. Benton D Struckcheon Mar 2014 #43

I didn't see this earlier when I asked the same question Aerows Mar 2014 #50

Bah! DU is just a collection of suppressive persons. longship Mar 2014 #20

Excellent Venn diagram. Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #27

I don't know what "Cupping" is Flying Squirrel Mar 2014 #31

Hmmm zappaman Mar 2014 #33

In the same vein...I give you the Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #32

If only there was room for ontological materialism..... AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #45

Seems to be missing the alternative medicine section (nt) LostOne4Ever Mar 2014 #47

That's a whole lotta bollocks!...nt SidDithers Mar 2014 #35

What the hell Aerows Mar 2014 #36

Don't give them any ideas! pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #39

LOL! Aerows Mar 2014 #49

Light candle, look through opposite ear for light: All is in alignment. Eleanors38 Mar 2014 #148

Ewww Aerows Mar 2014 #156

"Angel therapy" is a thing? Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #38

"Angel therapy" gets 384,000 hits on Google. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #88

Speaking of Venn diagrams, here's another good one: Nye Bevan Mar 2014 #41

Teabaggery's floating around in bits there somewhere. byronius Mar 2014 #42

Crispian forgot one thing.....ontological materialism. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #44

Using "ontological" like people don't know you mean "scientific materialism" mathematic Mar 2014 #68

"Perhaps you're hanging out around too many highly religious science skeptics." To be honest: nope. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #75

You're mischaracterizing Dawkins' position Orrex Mar 2014 #99

Not at all, I'm afraid. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #132

Out-of-body experiences are entirely neurological. longship Mar 2014 #71

"To claim that they are some magical thing" I don't, TBH. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #74

Nope. OBEs are understood. longship Mar 2014 #77

"That's what the science says." Not quite, TBH. AverageJoe90 Mar 2014 #133

And, there's no shortage of grifters making big $$$ off all that shit. n/t MerryBlooms Mar 2014 #46

I'd think "Trickle Down Economics" falls under the "Religious" and "Pseudoscientific" crescent. HughBeaumont Mar 2014 #51

Nicely done. A lot of work, and thought, went into mapping the nonsense. morningfog Mar 2014 #52

They left out Area 51 zappaman Mar 2014 #73

Where's the evil eye? Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #57

Oh, my mistake RobertEarl Mar 2014 #66

Well, there's that too. Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #67

Yes, I believe the dollar bill exists. zappaman Mar 2014 #69

I feel this way about it. Ferretherder Mar 2014 #58

Science is not on that map rickyhall Mar 2014 #59

Of course it isn't. It's a diagram of irrational nonsense. RedCappedBandit Mar 2014 #65

And why would it be? Vashta Nerada Mar 2014 #83

I've had excellent results using dowsing rods. obxhead Mar 2014 #61

Dowsing rods are good for finding "random objects" jberryhill Mar 2014 #76

Where's your reviled 9/11 skepticism zappaman? whatchamacallit Mar 2014 #64

Dunno. zappaman Mar 2014 #70

Uh huh... whatchamacallit Mar 2014 #119

Here ya go, my friend. zappaman Mar 2014 #124

I have many things to be happy about whatchamacallit Mar 2014 #126

You're welcome! zappaman Mar 2014 #128

Excellent resource. Thanks ! -nt Bonx Mar 2014 #89

Karma is bollocks? Blue_Tires Mar 2014 #90

Of course it is. Just ask Joseph Stalin or Mao Zedong. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #96

The Venn-like Diagram of Rational Limitation, Fail & Nonsense Berlum Mar 2014 #91

+1 G_j Mar 2014 #94

Thanks G-j. Berlum Mar 2014 #98

Well, we know where you fall on the spectrum zappaman Mar 2014 #106

Yup. On the healthy Whole of it. Berlum Mar 2014 #110

Your feel-good clipart postings have inspired me to abandon science and reason Orrex Mar 2014 #116

nothing from western medicine? G_j Mar 2014 #95

It says that western (that is, *actual*) medicine is based in science Orrex Mar 2014 #100

I suppose you are fortunate to have such faith in it. G_j Mar 2014 #104

I work very hard to have faith in as little as possible. Orrex Mar 2014 #107

it depends on what passes for science G_j Mar 2014 #108

That's not science; that's misrepresentation of data. Orrex Mar 2014 #112

I love science G_j Mar 2014 #121

Which practices of western medicine should be included in the chart? Orrex Mar 2014 #122

caesarean deliveries? where does science and the use of it part ways? G_j Mar 2014 #125

A couple of points. Orrex Mar 2014 #129

I take your points G_j Mar 2014 #130

That's intollerant! progressoid Mar 2014 #97

Personally, I'm just glad to see a rekindling of the Woo Wars. Orrex Mar 2014 #101

Also irrational: Union Scribe Mar 2014 #102

+1 nt bunnies Mar 2014 #115

Awesome! whatchamacallit Mar 2014 #127

I'd add economics, politics and social psychology... nt GliderGuider Mar 2014 #159

Another version Not a Fan Mar 2014 #118

Wow! zappaman Mar 2014 #123

Excellent! thank you! n/t etherealtruth Mar 2014 #137

LOL! The Smurfs?!? Behind the Aegis Mar 2014 #158

Very interesting Gothmog Mar 2014 #131

I hesitantly K&R this. I'd remove a chunk of that - acupuncture and Ayurvedic med helped me Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #136

For starters- that Karma is on there shows the utter stupidity of the person making the diagram. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #140

That's one definition of karma. Orrex Mar 2014 #142

Actually, the improper use of the word "energy" does annoy me. Jgarrick Mar 2014 #152

Shame on you for forcing them to adopt your paradigm Orrex Mar 2014 #154

I hang my head... Jgarrick Mar 2014 #155

No- that's the definition. It's a Sanskrit word. KittyWampus Mar 2014 #163

No, that's the origin. Orrex Mar 2014 #164

Here's another person for you to call stupid Orrex Mar 2014 #162

Ear candles? ismnotwasm Mar 2014 #147

Too late zappaman Mar 2014 #153

The phrase "acculturated groupthink" comes to mind. GliderGuider Mar 2014 #160