timtyler comments on Let Them Debate College Students - Less Wrong

46 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 09 September 2009 06:15PM

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Comment author: timtyler 10 September 2009 06:59:07PM *  0 points [-]

Sure: that's one of the properties of blind faith - no amount of reasoned argument helps.

They recognize that it is the devil talking - and they know his reputation as a debater - so the fingers go in their ears and we hear the "la-la" song.