XFrequentist comments on Open Thread: September 2009 - Less Wrong

2 Post author: AllanCrossman 01 September 2009 10:54AM

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Comment author: XFrequentist 02 September 2009 02:05:31AM 3 points [-]

might be labeled as 'crackpottery' by some.

We been known to shoot us some subjectivists 'round these here parts, y'hear?

Sean Carrol concurs

What I objected to about the creationists was that they were not worthy opponents with whom I disagree; they're just crackpots. Go to a biology conference, read a biology journal, spend time in a biology department; nobody is arguing about the possibility that an ill-specified supernatural "designer" is interfering at whim with the course of evolution. It's not a serious idea. It may be out there in the public sphere as an idea that garners attention -- but, as we all know, that holds true for all sorts of non-serious ideas.