Desrtopa comments on [Link] Short story by Yvain - Less Wrong

31 Post author: CronoDAS 31 August 2012 04:33AM

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Comment author: Desrtopa 31 August 2012 05:33:19PM 7 points [-]

If anything, it's strong evidence the other way. If, in the process of trying to figure out whether you're really Jesus, you find yourself using a statistical formula not discovered until the eighteenth century CE, you should probably err on the side of "no."

Comment author: prase 31 August 2012 08:39:39PM 0 points [-]

I don't think the mental-asylum Jesuses believe that they live in Jesus' time, so no contradiction with 18th century math arises.

Comment author: Desrtopa 31 August 2012 09:09:30PM 2 points [-]

Well, if the Jesus of the story is reasoning from the evidence favoring his being the first Jesus, the position is going to take a substantial hit.

Comment author: prase 01 September 2012 02:53:04PM 0 points [-]

As Jesus is supposed to have risen from the dead and be immortal, I still don't think the hit is that strong.