Faulty religious reasoning and sloppy secular arguments earn a skeptic's side-eye In his new book, Heavens on Earth, Michael Shermer aims to deconstruct systems of irrational beliefs. In particular, he provides analysis of three concepts: The first is a belief in immortality or in an afterlife. The second is a belief in a utopia where a better version of one's self lives peacefully among peers. The third is a belief that one belongs to a group that has special insight into the nature of life after death. As Shermer shows, prognosticators of both religious and secular utopias can fall victim to this way of thinking.

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调查来世

错误的宗教推理和草率的世俗争论赢得了怀疑论者的侧眼 在他的新书《人间天堂》中，迈克尔·舍默 (Michael Shermer) 旨在解构非理性信仰体系。他特别分析了三个概念：第一个是对不朽或来世的信仰。第二个是对乌托邦的信念，在那里更好的自我在同龄人中和平地生活。第三种是相信一个人属于对死后生命的本质有特殊洞察力的群体。正如舍默所示，宗教和世俗乌托邦的预言者都可能成为这种思维方式的受害者。