TheOtherDave comments on How to Not Lose an Argument - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 16 August 2012 12:12:59AM 3 points [-]

should I be shown proof that God exists, I would accept it without any resistance whatsoever.

If you really believe that then you can test this with hallucinogens;

Wait... are you suggesting that psilocybin-induced hallucinations are proof that God exists?

Comment author: gwern 16 August 2012 12:18:25AM *  3 points [-]

I'm saying that if you have a psilocybin-induced hallucination of God and then become a theist, that's a darn good piece of evidence that stuff like the argument from evil or argument from silence weren't why you were an atheist. (And so if you were claiming previously that they were, you were either lying or badly mistaken.)

Comment author: TheOtherDave 16 August 2012 01:50:40AM 0 points [-]

Ah. Yes, agreed with this.