Theorem. If the complex of the linearly independent numbers of the form 𝜁a-a𝜁 be deleted from an algebra, the remaining numbers form a commutative algebra.

Shamanism, for example, is far from having disappeared among Turkish populations from the steppes of Turkestan to the Anatolian plateau, and one might speak of a “Sufized shamanism.

Those are all appeals made either to the assumptions that Dennett shares with the belief-believers (or “faitheists”) or to their own priorities in ways that challenge their essential reasons for believing in belief.

[…] And tell Mom to keep quiet, too. If she gets drunk and starts talking about me, I'm going to — Relax, geeklet."