ShannonFriedman comments on The Puzzle of Faith and Belief - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AndHisHorse 30 September 2014 02:12:23PM 0 points [-]

Actually, the point of my response was to illustrate that to say "all of these things are faith" is an incorrectly simplifying assumption. I did deliberately choose an absurd example of faith, not to attribute it to you, but to show the difference between one thing which you did explicitly claim is faith - trust in people - and another thing which would have to be an example of blind faith - belief in leprechauns. If you acknowledge that there is a real difference between the two, it would seem that I have misinterpreted your thesis.

Comment author: ShannonFriedman 11 October 2014 10:09:12PM 0 points [-]

Please let me know if what I just wrote makes sense to you. If it does, perhaps this comment might be good as a start for making a second attempt at communication - I think I articulated what I was trying to say better here than before.

Comment author: AndHisHorse 12 October 2014 10:36:54PM 0 points [-]

It does - thank you for clarifying your point.