Life is meaningless and the knowledge of mortality is crippling. These are the truths of our modern scientific worldview. Any atheist who claims to not fear death is a liar or delusional; anyone who spends adequate time contemplating non-existence will teeter on the verge of madness. So of course it makes sense that our prehistoric ancestors would craft mythology to soothe their burgeoning neocortices and keep the existential dread at bay. And of course it makes sense that this mythology […]Read more »
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