byrnema comments on Belief in Belief - Less Wrong

66 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 29 July 2007 05:49PM

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Comment author: byrnema 29 April 2010 03:44:34PM 0 points [-]

(MrHen)

The relevant question is whether the good person would remain good after they discover God is not real. My hunch is that most people who are good would stay that way.

(RobinZ)

It's better than a hunch - it's backed up experimentally.

I guess it's backed up, for example, by Europe as a poll in 2005 found that "18% do not believe there is any sort of spirit, god or life force." And life in Europe is ticking along fine.