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A Hindu myth with a pretty obvious logical flaw that atheists like to think neatly demolishes the intellectual pretensions of organised religion — which it does — while not noticing now neatly it also demolishes the intellectual pretensions of secularists, lawyers, scientists and, well, atheists at the same time.

For here is the problem, friends: Every good dictionary is circular. Not just the Hindu one. If Douglas Hofstadter is to be believed, that very circularity — reflexivity — is the special sauce.

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