Tetronian comments on [Link] Research on Christian deconversion - Less Wrong

4 Post author: NancyLebovitz 06 March 2012 12:07PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 07 March 2012 02:06:15PM 0 points [-]

...then it's pretty much impossible to convince them with actual arguments, so you might as well use other means. You're never going to be able to convince people who put their fingers in their ears and say "Lalala I can't hear you!", but it seems like it should be possible to have some impact on people who will at least listen.

Comment author: David_Gerard 07 March 2012 10:38:43PM -1 points [-]

"One horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms. It is not only more effective; it is also vastly more intelligent." - H.L. Mencken.