Here's a fun article that I think a few here might find interesting.
The magical thinking of guys who love logic | The Outline
(Or we could just share it on Farcebook.
Yes, this is a call-out.)
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For men, especially insecure and socially dislocated men, the idea of “rationality” can be a kind of comfort blanket. Raised from birth with the stereotype that they are more “analytically intelligent” (in contrast to women, who are “emotionally intelligent”), and with pop culture that venerates “logical” characters, it’s no wonder that many young men see “logic” as a sort of personality trait to achieve — one which automatically imbues all one’s opinions with correctness — rather than a system that one may or may not be following at any one time.
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The dominant affect of New Atheism wasn’t humility, or reflexivity, or curiosity, all the things one truly needs to improve intellectually. It was smugness.
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I don’t know what the future holds for these guys. But I do wish they’d stop playing with their magic wands.
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These guys:
