komponisto comments on [Poll] Less Wrong and Mainstream Philosophy: How Different are We? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: komponisto 27 September 2012 06:05:19PM -1 points [-]

I appeal to the popular perception of the absurdity of the SH in order to undermine professions of belief in theism.

Comment author: adamisom 27 September 2012 08:05:43PM 1 point [-]

Cool. I should have specified 'I'm intrigued; can you move down a level of specificity (as to how)?'

Comment author: komponisto 27 September 2012 09:05:43PM 2 points [-]

Most people seem to believe that it's absurd to suppose we're living in the Matrix; I point out that theism is not significantly different from this.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 29 September 2012 09:09:51AM *  1 point [-]

Most people seem to believe that it's absurd to suppose we're living in the Matrix; I point out that theism is not significantly different from this.

According to my informal experiments with presenting the SA to friends, the absurdity reaction is highly sensitive to framing-effects and especially the particular sequence in which I present the premises.

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