You can find the other essays in this series here: Equality, Tabula rasa, Oversocialization, Neoteny, Status In the closing remarks of my last essay, I mentioned that the psychological processes discussed thus far flow into each other and can coexist in the same individual. I also touched briefly on how the dysfunctions of modern life form a breeding ground for these psychological processes. Leftism can, therefore, be seen as an adaptation to the sickness of modern life. The purpose of these comments has been to show that the leftist cannot be reduced to a single psychological fact. The left is the result of a complex interaction between internal psychological processes, on the one hand, and the dysfunctional environment of modern society, on the other. For this final essay, I will attempt to integrate these various perspectives into an analysis of the cult of science. The aim here is twofold. First, to try to explain the role that science plays for the left. Secondly, to show how these tools that we’ve developed throughout the series – each useful in their own right – can be used together to facilitate more complex analyses.
"The inner core of the cult of science is the almost instinctual understanding that you are living a neutered life as a dependent under an incomprehensibly vast and tyrannical machine operated by a few deranged perverts."
My favorite line, quite amazing, was:
"The inner core of the cult of science is the almost instinctual understanding that you are living a neutered life as a dependent under an incomprehensibly vast and tyrannical machine operated by a few deranged perverts."
I'd been meaning to read the rest of these articles for months, and wow are they brilliant. A true masterclass.
This accurately describes people I interact with on a daily basis.