![[...] intelligent people only have a certain amount of time (measured in subjective time spent thinking about religion) to become atheists. After a certain point, if you're smart, have spent time thinking about and defending your religion, and still haven't escaped the grip of Dark Side Epistemology, the inside of your mind ends up as an Escher painting.](/assets/img/quote-photos/intelligent-people-only-have-a-certain-amount-of-time-measured-in-subjecti.jpg)
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