PhilGoetz comments on Faith and theory - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 27 March 2011 02:26:39AM *  2 points [-]

I'm surprised to find people questioning the importance of the relation between faith and reason. It's the central issue in the debate between religion and rationality. Google faith vs. reason and start reading if you're unaware of this tradition.

Comment author: Kevin 27 March 2011 03:13:19AM 3 points [-]

Maybe people mapping this post to some sort of religious apologia?

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 27 March 2011 08:49:59AM *  -1 points [-]

It's the central issue in the debate between religion and rationality.

There is no debate between religion and rationality.

Comment author: shokwave 29 March 2011 08:00:09AM 2 points [-]

Don't understand the downvotes. This is correct. There is no debate between gambling advice and probability theory, either.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 30 March 2011 03:20:28AM 5 points [-]

Don't understand the downvotes.

Vladimir_Nesov appears to be trying to sound deep by asserting that a piece of conventional wisdom is false without providing any kind of explanation.

This is correct. There is no debate between gambling advice and probability theory, either.

I don't understand this analogy.

Comment author: PhilGoetz 30 March 2011 03:58:29AM 1 point [-]

Gambling advice is based on probability theory, so the analogy seems to be saying that religion is based on rationality.

Comment author: shokwave 31 March 2011 06:35:58AM 3 points [-]

Not the gambling advice that has been offered to me.

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