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Religions have depended on the relative isolation and ignorance of their flocks, forever and this is all breaking down.

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Daniel Dennett
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: March 28
Cognitive Scientist
Philosopher
Professor
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Daniel Clement Dennett III
Daniel Clement Dennett
Relative
Ignorance
Forever
Religion
Depended
Flocks
Isolation
Religions
Breaking

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