moshez comments on Train Philosophers with Pearl and Kahneman, not Plato and Kant - Less Wrong

65 Post author: lukeprog 06 December 2012 12:42AM

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Comment author: moshez 06 December 2012 09:07:15PM 2 points [-]

It grieves me to note that almost all the arguments in your post could be applied, mutatis mutandis, to why we should teach kids intelligent design as well as evolution.

Comment author: Strange7 07 December 2012 12:59:08AM 2 points [-]

In certain contexts, yeah. I think most kids would be able to smell the bullshit if both theories were laid out side-by-side, with historical context available.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 07 December 2012 08:56:35AM -1 points [-]

Illusion of transparency? I believe some creationists say the same thing.

Comment author: Strange7 08 December 2012 03:38:04AM 1 point [-]

Sounds like an opportunity for a variation on the old Priests of Baal routine, then.