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by throwaway09223 1987 days ago
Debating religion is far from useless - these discussions are what ultimately helped us shape a coherent foundation for philosophy and science.

Most systems are pretty inefficient and the problem is at the time we do not know which pursuits will yield the most valuable results.

Top-down, authoritarian direction of intellectual pursuit tends to yield worse outcomes than just letting people do as they wish. It's dangerous to suggest that any single perspective can accurately decide value.