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

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Comment author: Jiro 11 May 2016 05:59:56PM 1 point [-]

The point was to compare a religious believer saying "evolution sounds absurd" to a rationalist saying "talking snakes sound absurd". But the situations are not comparable. The religious believer only claims that evolution sounds absurd because he applies different standards for absurdity to things that contradict his religion and things which don't. The rationalist claims that talking snakes sound absurd using consistent standards (though not the same standards as the religious believer).