We have a lot of people in society that worship fiat. 

The saying "Everybody worships." seems to resonate with people. If true, then it really matters what it is that people are worshiping and it's probably good for social cohesion if people are mostly worshiping the same thing.



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I think people seeking to replace religion with "new ideas" and "new purposes" is definitely a trend of recent history. I wonder if in the "reset" phase we reach for a lot of the fundamentals of religion but with less of the worship side. 


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Very timely quote for me. My wife and I were just talking about something similar. We were wondering if there's a natural cycle between religion and scientism.

Our musing was that religion contains a bunch of valuable social and ethical norms that help society cohere. Over time, scientific investigation undermines the foundations of the religion and it recedes, taking those useful norms with it. People replace what religion had provided with all kinds of new ideas that don't contain the lost norms. Reset.