People's fascination for religion and superstition will disappear within a few decades as television and the internet make it easier to get information, and scientists get closer to discovering a final theory of everything, leading thinkers argue today.
Philosopher Daniel Denett believes that within 25 years religion will command little of the awe it seems to instil today. The spread of information through the internet and mobile phones will "gently, irresistibly, undermine the mindsets requisite for religious fanaticism and intolerance".
As much as I would like to believe tht we are truly headed toward a time of enlightenment in the world I am also very aware of the number of times that the death of religion has been predicted only to see it resurge in the following decades.
I would cross my fingers except that would be an example of a one of those superstitions that we are supposed to be turning away from.
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