ChristianKl comments on Talking Snakes: A Cautionary Tale - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 07 May 2016 01:51:32PM 2 points [-]

A lot of those average people also have no problem believing that homeopathy or acupuncture works. Part of the problem of evolution is that's in direct competition with other models of explaining the world. It's perfectly possible for the average person to believe in Germs causing disease and in bad chi causing it which is to be treated via acupuncture.