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Creating Characters and Conflict with the D&D Alignment System

Dungeons & Dragons player characters have one nine alignments that vary between Lawful and Chaotic on one axis and Good and Evil on the other axis:

(struggled to find original credit for this…)

Descriptions below largely follow the D&D Version … Read the rest

Author andy dibblePosted on April 15, 2023April 15, 2023Tags Literature, Speculative Fiction, Writing

How Wonder in Speculative Fiction Helps Us Understand Religion

This is part of a series of posts about the value of speculative fiction in understanding religion.

Another reason why speculative fiction is cognitively valuable for understanding religion is that both have a strong connection to feelings of awe and … Read the rest

Author andy dibblePosted on December 10, 2021January 19, 2022Tags Literature, Religion, Speculative Fiction

Agency and Cognitive Value in “The Paper Menagerie”

This is part of a series of posts about the value of speculative fiction in understanding religion.

In Ken Liu’s “The Paper Menagerie,” Jack’s mom merits our pity. Her first memory was of her mother eating dirt during a famine … Read the rest

Author andy dibblePosted on December 5, 2021January 19, 2022Tags Literature, Religion, Speculative Fiction

Framing How Speculative Fiction Can Be Cognitively Valuable For Understanding Religion

This is part of a series of posts about the value of speculative fiction in understanding religion.

So far I’ve painted a rather dim picture concerning the cognitive value of speculative fiction. But being a speculative fiction writer myself, that’s … Read the rest

Author andy dibblePosted on December 3, 2021January 16, 2022Tags Literature, Religion, Speculative Fiction

Speculative Fiction and Knowledge

This is part of a series of posts about the value of speculative fiction in understanding religion.

Generally, speculative fiction is a poor place to learn about the real world. In other words, there are reasons to doubt the cognitive … Read the rest

Author andy dibblePosted on November 28, 2021January 30, 2022Tags Literature, Philosophy, Speculative Fiction1 Comment on Speculative Fiction and Knowledge

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