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What does it mean?
The author acknowledges religion as wishful thinking but argues there is no other kind of thinking available.
In plain terms
Religion is wishful thinking, but we have no other way to think.
What can you take from it?
Accept that all thinking may involve wishful elements.

Where it applies

  • philosophical debate
  • personal belief systems
  • existential questions

Putting it to work

  • examine your assumptions
  • acknowledge uncertainty in thought
  • study belief systems

Questions to consider

  • Is all thinking wishful thinking?
  • What other forms of thought exist?

Another view

This dismisses scientific reasoning as wishful thinking.

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