TBH @andymasley.bsky.social I admit I would be interested in hearing your arguements about the effectiveness of bills like this. That is not simply the ethical arguement for them as I know you have a paper on that too, but what you think are the positives and limitations of similar bills

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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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Finally, glad someone is taking this seriously. I'm tormented by the horrors several times a week at least

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and that's good

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