AdeleneDawner comments on The Wannabe Rational - Less Wrong

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

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Comment author: AdeleneDawner 18 January 2010 05:51:00AM *  4 points [-]

I'd thought of that myself a few days ago. It seems like something that we'd experience selection bias against encountering here.

Comment author: RobinZ 18 January 2010 05:53:32AM 0 points [-]

I would expect to see nihilist atheists overrepresented here - one of the principles of rationality is believing even when your emotions oppose it.

Comment author: AdeleneDawner 18 January 2010 06:01:07AM 1 point [-]

I'm not surprised to encounter people here who find nihlism comfortable, or at least tolerable, for that reason. People who find it disabling - who can't care without believing that there's an external reason to care - not so much.