MartinB comments on Rationality Outreach: A Parable - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Zachary_Kurtz 17 March 2011 03:40:58PM 4 points [-]

Again, I like your characters but I think you're missing one. The person who thinks that belief in [a] God is the result of rational and reasonable thought.

Comment author: MartinB 17 March 2011 04:44:57PM 5 points [-]

Then there are those who label what they do as 'rational' regardless of if it is. Surprisingly common.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 17 March 2011 06:52:03PM 9 points [-]

Most folk tell themselves they are being rational, Miss Granger. They do not thereby rise above the ordinary.

(Not literally true, but true within certain subcommunities.)