lavalamp comments on Marketing rationalism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: lavalamp 17 April 2009 07:43:32PM 0 points [-]

ADDED: People are missing the point that the situation is symmetrical for religious evangelists. For them to step outside of their worldview, and use reason to gain converts, is as epistemically dangerous for them, as it is for us to gain converts using something other than reason.

Disagree. Most people know very little of logic and reason, and will not bother to do their homework upon being approached with Christian arguments based on reason.