Religion and Proficiency
There are multitudinous kinds of narratives and organizing principles. Science is driven by means of data gathered in experiments, and alongside the falsification of extant theories and their replacement with newer, asymptotically truer, ones. Other systems - faith, nationalism, paranoid ideation, or know-how - are based on disparaging experiences (allegiance, zeal, paranoia, etc.).
Experiential narratives can […]