MrHen comments on The Wannabe Rational - Less Wrong

31 Post author: MrHen 15 January 2010 08:09PM

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Comment author: MrHen 15 January 2010 08:30:40PM 5 points [-]

I thought about addressing this directly in the post but figured it would show up in a comment rather quickly. There are a handful of small reasons for me doing so:

  • Linguistically, LessWrong thinks of religious beliefs as irrational. I do think it is polite to defer to this usage.
  • I understand why this community considers religion to be irrational and do not feel like contending the point.
  • The post is not about religious beliefs but irrational beliefs. I use religion as an example because I used myself as an example of what I was talking about.
  • I expect it to be jarring to read, which hopefully forces the reader to realize that the post has little to do with the beliefs themselves.
Comment author: RobinZ 15 January 2010 08:58:43PM 1 point [-]

I can buy that - although now I feel as if my second reply is rather patronizing. I apologize if the links therein are inapplicable to your situation; I would not have worded it as I did if I believed that the reason for your phrasing was as you described.

Comment author: MrHen 15 January 2010 09:08:17PM 1 point [-]

It's all good. I found something useful in the comment. :)

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