I mean, answering your question seems to be exactly the point of the book.
If one were take you as genuinely curious about how people might convince themselves of a belief that seems entirely alien and implausible to you, the next step would probably be to earnestly read the book with the credit of good faith in its authors.
I think we can take for granted that doing so would not persuade you of very much, but it might inform you, so that you're no longer so "mind blown".
If one were take you as genuinely curious about how people might convince themselves of a belief that seems entirely alien and implausible to you, the next step would probably be to earnestly read the book with the credit of good faith in its authors.
I think we can take for granted that doing so would not persuade you of very much, but it might inform you, so that you're no longer so "mind blown".