roystgnr comments on Cynical explanations of FAI critics (including myself) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: roystgnr 14 August 2012 05:34:25AM 7 points [-]

For that matter, when you think of the Amish and the other "Swiss Bretheren" religions, why do you think "Pennsylvania" rather than "Switzerland and neighboring countries"? A sect that had to cross oceans to find a state promising religious freedom is our best example of humans' high tolerance for diversity?

Comment author: gwern 14 August 2012 04:55:49PM 1 point [-]

Yes, that's a good point, although now that I think about it I don't actually know what happened to the 'original' Amish. The Wikipedia Swiss Brethren mentions a lot of persecution, but it also says they sort of survive as the Swiss Mennonite Conference; regardless, they clearly don't number in the hundreds of thousands or millions like they do in America.