JoshuaZ comments on I Stand by the Sequences - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Emile 15 May 2012 08:14:09PM 7 points [-]

normal people are clearly biased in all sorts of ways

Does anybody actually dispute that?

religion is bad because it's one of the biggest impediments to a bright, Enlightened future;

For what it's worth, I don't hold that position, and it seems much more prevalent in atheist forums than on LessWrong.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 15 May 2012 08:25:22PM *  4 points [-]

it seems much more prevalent in atheist forums than on LessWrong.

Is it less prevalent here or is it simply less vocal because people here aren't spending their time on that particularly tribal demonstration? After all, when you've got Bayesianism, AI risk, and cognitive biases, you have a lot more effective methods of signaling allegiance to this narrow crowd.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 16 May 2012 04:31:19AM 2 points [-]

Well we have openly religious members of our 'tribe'.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 16 May 2012 04:36:33AM 5 points [-]

Clear minority, and most comments defending such views are voted down. With the exception of Will, no one in that category is what would probably be classified as high status here, and even Will's status is... complicated.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 16 May 2012 05:32:30AM 2 points [-]

Well this post is currently at +6.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 16 May 2012 07:34:04PM 2 points [-]

Also I'm not religious in the seemingly relevant sense.