private_messaging comments on How many people here agree with Holden? [Actually, who agrees with Holden?] - Less Wrong

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Comment author: private_messaging 15 May 2012 01:33:36PM *  1 point [-]

Well, I spent many years of my life studying technical topics, and have certain technical accomplishments, so it is generally a bad strategy for me to assume superior knowledge for anyone who 'thought longer' about a subject; especially if it may be the case that it is not very hard to see that nothing conclusive could be concluded about the topic at the time, or the tool (mathematics) are not yet where they should be.

Furthermore, if I am to look at your list, those whom I disagree the most with (Eliezer, Lukeprog) appear to have least training in the subject matter (and jumped onto a very difficult subject without doing any notable training with good feedback). Lukeprog in particular has been doing theology till age of 22 and inevitably picked up a plenty of bad habits of thought; if I were him I would stay clear of things that can trigger old conditioned theist instincts, leaving those perhaps to people who never had such instincts conditioned into them in the first place. (I originally thought Luke was making BS but it seems to me now he is only still acting as a vehicle for the religious BS and could improve over the time)