Emile comments on Crowley on Religious Experience - Less Wrong

36 Post author: Yvain 26 March 2009 10:59PM

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Comment author: Emile 27 March 2009 02:26:21PM 11 points [-]

I suspect that mystical experience, yoga and drugs are underestimated by rationalists, because of their associations with the new age crazies.

It's a mistake, the same as if one downplayed quantum mechanics because of the countless crazy new age "interpretations" of QM.

Comment author: timtyler 27 March 2009 06:54:24PM 4 points [-]

Dawkins and Dennett don't seem to understand, anyway.

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Comment author: timtyler 28 March 2009 06:35:58PM 1 point [-]

Mystical experience - not the countless crazy new age "interpretations" quantum mechanics.

Comment author: ciphergoth 27 March 2009 07:52:27PM 1 point [-]

What gives you that impression?

Comment author: timtyler 28 March 2009 06:35:07PM 4 points [-]

Dawkins mainly because of his promotion of scientific awe, but see also:

Dennett, mostly because of this, 58 minutes in:

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