James_Miller comments on The uniquely awful example of theism - Less Wrong

36 Post author: gjm 10 April 2009 12:30AM

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Comment author: James_Miller 10 April 2009 04:58:43PM 1 point [-]

Many smart people are more likely to believe a fact to be true if they want the fact to be true. This is something we should all see the folly of.

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 10 April 2009 07:46:04PM 0 points [-]

I doubt many would affirm that they should do this, though, and we're looking for explicitly held beliefs.