/lit/ - Literature

>>17456487
Least decadent religion. Doesn't mean much.

>>13113135
Yes, but there is a significant probability we will get better by a few powers of ten in one single step. Increasing intelligence by only a few points in IQ obviously has the potential for a chain reaction.

>>8151569
There are reasons other than science to burn churches.

Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Al least "real" altruism is a spook. From an evolutionary perspective, it's behaviour which is based on long-term advantages for the altruist as well.
Obviously, cooperation of herd animals or animals living in small bands betters their chances for survival. So it's not really altruist in the sense of the word.