Alex SL *was* pointing to a religion! The (Western) religions of materialism, neuroscience, technology, the Singularity, AI, etc.
Yes, the tendency is to believe that science is superseding religion through the application of reason and empiricism. Which to a degree it is. But there's also the part where it's actually displacing the priesthood with a new all -knowing class.
Alex SL *was* pointing to a religion! The (Western) religions of materialism, neuroscience, technology, the Singularity, AI, etc.
Yes, the tendency is to believe that science is superseding religion through the application of reason and empiricism. Which to a degree it is. But there's also the part where it's actually displacing the priesthood with a new all -knowing class.