prase comments on Undiscriminating Skepticism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: prase 24 March 2010 08:03:03PM *  0 points [-]

So "reject the evidence" can mean 1) deny that the evidence exists and 2) not consider the evidence convincing. You find the interpretation 2) obvious and 1) unreasonable in the given context. Am I right? If so, well, after thinking about it for a while I admit that 2) is a lot better interpretation, but nevertheless I wouldn't call the other one unreasonable, nor I suspect cupholder of deliberate misinterpretation; people sometimes interpret others wrongly.

Which question are you talking about?

The question by what standard you reject the evidence for the existence of God?

Comment author: brazil84 24 March 2010 08:14:48PM 0 points [-]

So "reject the evidence" can mean 1) deny that the evidence exists and 2) not consider the evidence convincing. You find the interpretation 2) obvious and 1) unreasonable in the given context. Am I right?

Pretty much yes.

If so, well, after thinking about it for a while I admit that 2) is a lot better interpretation, but nevertheless I wouldn't call the other one unreasonable, nor I suspect cupholder of deliberate misinterpretation; people sometimes interpret others wrongly.

I disagree, but at a minimum, it was hardly unreasonable for me to rephrase the question.

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