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I like to tell people that the heart doesn’t have any thinking capabilities.

But it’s nice to know that some ancient Egyptian traditions survive.

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Returning to Egyptian tradition, Christians revel the idea that the brain is useless.

More at 11.

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Definitely what I mean when I use the phrase, as rare as that may be.

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You should be aware you do this every day yourself, all the time. Everyone does. If we didn’t, we’d get bogged down with cognitive calculations to the point where we’d freeze in place until dying of starvation.

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Rational people try to make sure those mental shortcuts match actual reality before relying on them, these fanatics don’t

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No. Vi people use a lot of different mental gymnastics, but they never say that phrase.

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Sorry, what does “Vi” mean? I think I’ve seen it before and google isn’t helping me here.

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Ah ok, so you guys post this “meme” on atheist memes instance, but yet you post it here too? Get the fuck out of here, you spammers. Im an atheist too, but this is just fucking stupid and annoying. Stop with your spamming

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