Cults Quote by Stephen Pinker
““This is the mentality of a cult, in which fantastical beliefs are flaunted as proof of one's piety. That mentality cannot coexist with an esteem for truth, and I believe it is responsible for some of the unfortunate trends in recent intellectual life.””
![“The greatest moral appeal of the doctrine of the Blank Slate comes from a simple mathematical fact: zero equals zero. This allows the Blank Slate to serve as a guarantor of political equality...[I]f we are all blank slates, the reasoning goes, we must all be equal. But if the slate of a newborn is…” quote by Stephen Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9a7/stephen-pinker-44434_character_the-greatest-moral-appeal-of-the-doctrin_790205.jpg)
![“[C]ulture, for all its importance, is not some miasma that seeps into people through their skin. Culture relies on neural circuitry that accomplishes the feat we call learning. Those circuits do not make us indiscriminate mimics but have to work in surprisingly subtle ways to make the transmission…” quote by Stephen Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d2f/stephen-pinker-44434_culture_c-ulture-for-all-its-importance-is-not-s_1151760.jpg)
![“When we're so caught up in a culture of consumerism [and that is precisely what network marketing is, consumption as a cult] images of people smiling in cars, happy homes and holidays, triggers deep feelings of insecurity.” quote by Nick van der Leek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ca/nick-van-der-leek-73605_cults_when-we-re-so-caught-up-in-a-culture-of_848306.jpg)
