CCC comments on 2012 Survey Results - Less Wrong

80 Post author: Yvain 07 December 2012 09:04PM

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Comment author: CCC 30 November 2012 07:31:16AM 0 points [-]

Maybe it's the cognitive dissonance, because a good rationalist shouldn't believe in a god?

I still don't see how that follows. Rationality can show that certain potential gods very probably don't exist (e.g. Thor), but I think that's as far as it goes.

Comment author: ChristianKl 02 December 2012 03:26:12PM 3 points [-]

I don't argue here it's rational to believe that god doesn't exist. I argue that there a tribal belief among rationalists that part of being a good rationalist mean to be an atheist or teapot agnostic.

Ratioanlists who hold that tribal belief might experience cognitive dissonce when they have to put a percentage on the chance that God exists.

Comment author: CCC 09 December 2012 10:38:22AM 0 points [-]

Ah, that makes sense. Thank you.