army1987 comments on Secure Your Beliefs - Less Wrong

40 Post author: lukeprog 12 February 2011 04:53PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 08 January 2013 09:51:40AM 1 point [-]

WhatsTheHarm.com collects incidents of harm from obvious products of epistemic negligence like AIDS denial, homeopathy, exorcism, and faith healing.

That is all very nice, but I notice that among the beliefs criticized on that website, there does not appear to be a single one that is nowadays widespread in reputable academic circles and other influential elite institutions

[emphasis added] If the Catholic Church doesn't count as an influential elite institution, I don't know what does...