Vladimir_Nesov comments on This Didn't Have To Happen - Less Wrong

22 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 23 April 2009 07:07PM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 23 April 2009 07:52:57PM 3 points [-]

Nope, I meant compare amount signed up to the amount of atheists (raw numbers).

That's silly. Too few people know of the idea, and it's too hard to persuade any given person. The question wasn't about absolute difficulty of getting the argument through, but on the relative effect of being religious on the ability of a person to accept the procedure.