RobinZ comments on Anticipation vs. Faith: At What Cost Rationality? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RobinZ 20 October 2009 02:20:16AM 1 point [-]

That's ... not really accurate. With love, the question we in this community would ask is "would seeking to maintain or expand this relationship be a good idea?" With religion, it's "does this being with whom a relationship is suggested actually exist?"

Comment author: Christian_Szegedy 20 October 2009 06:03:05PM 3 points [-]

In a lot of cases, one asks later whether the person one fell in love actually exists.

Comment author: RobinZ 20 October 2009 06:30:26PM 3 points [-]

No, they don't. They may say the words, "was the person I fell in love with ever real", but their actual question is, "was I mistaken about the character of the human being I formed a relationship with". Not the same question.