Once you really internalize physicalism and notice how many beliefs both contradict it and people treat you insane for not believing, you go a little nutzo

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like maybe 1% of the population really, truly believes in the law of conservation of matter and energy. they wouldn’t *say* it this way but any interrogation beyond the outer layer would reveal some very important pillar of their whole worldview is in plain contradiction of foundational physics

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a thing you start to realize is that an enormous number of people who don’t subscribe to any organized religion, and in many cases would disclaim having any religious beliefs, nonetheless have a huge swathe of their worldview shaped by ultimately supernatural, mystical, or quasimagical assumptions

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Star Trek Online’s Galaxy line up for Sir Patrick Stewart has absolutely ended me this morning 😭

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Damn can you imagine your name showing up on a list that has you constantly afraid of people showing up looking to do you harm. That would be terrifying.

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