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An ideology can provide a satisfying narrative that explains chaotic events and collective misfortunes in a way that flatters the virtue and competence of believers, while being vague or conspiratorial enough to withstand skeptical scrutiny.

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Steven Pinker
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 18
Anthropologist
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Montreal
Quebec
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