ciphergoth comments on Tolerate Tolerance - Less Wrong

49 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 21 March 2009 07:34AM

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Comment author: MBlume 21 March 2009 09:19:41AM *  8 points [-]

we have to have examples of rationality failure to discuss

It should be noted that if all goes according to plan, we won't have religion as a relevant example for too much longer. One day (I hope) we will need to teach rationality without being able to gesture out the window at a group of intelligent adults who think crackers turn into human flesh on the way down their gullets.

Why not plan ahead?

ETA: Now I think of it, crackers do, of course, turn into human flesh, it just happens a bit later.

Comment author: ciphergoth 21 March 2009 09:31:26AM 3 points [-]

If all goes according to plan, by then we will be able to bring up more controversial examples without debate descending into nonsense. Let's cross that bridge when we come to it.