pjeby comments on The ideas you're not ready to post - Less Wrong

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Comment author: pjeby 21 April 2009 12:17:16PM 2 points [-]

The problem with current techniques is that nothing works reliably. If you can go so high as to have a document that works to deconvert 10% of educated theists, then you can start examining for regularities in what worked and didn't work. The trouble is reaching that high initial bar.

It seems to me that Derren Brown once did some sort of demonstration in which he mass-converted some atheists to theists, and/or vice versa. Perhaps we should investigate what he did. ;-)

Comment author: ciphergoth 21 April 2009 12:26:47PM *  3 points [-]

(Updated following Vladimir_Nesov's comment - thanks!)

Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 21 April 2009 03:13:59PM *  0 points [-]

Even where it's obvious, you should add textual description for the links you give. This is the same courtesy as not saying just "Voted up", but adding at least some new content in the same note.

Comment author: ciphergoth 21 April 2009 03:47:04PM 0 points [-]

Fixed, thanks!