ChristianKl comments on Questions on Theism - Less Wrong

23 Post author: Aiyen 08 October 2014 09:02PM

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Comment author: dthunt 09 October 2014 05:12:26PM *  0 points [-]

I should have clarified that I meant that in terms of having persuasive power over others.

Personal experience can be personally compelling, but people have pretty well exploited the "I personally experienced X, are you calling me a liar?" thing enough (also, hallucinations, confusion, unreliable memory, etc), that people generally take statements about personal experience of others with a grain of salt.

If I hallucinated a discussion with God, I would probably not be long-term convinced of it, despite the experience.

(Edit: Aside: why did I add anything past the first sentence? There was no reason to.)

Comment author: Lumifer 09 October 2014 05:41:39PM 2 points [-]

If I hallucinated a discussion with God, I would probably not be long-term convinced of it.

Heh. Here be circles :-)

If I hallucinated a discussion with God, I would probably not be long-term convinced of it.

If I had a real discussion with God, I would probably be long-term convinced of it.

why did I add anything past the first sentence?

That's how conversations go...

Comment author: ChristianKl 13 October 2014 04:37:21PM 2 points [-]

If I hallucinated a discussion with God, I would probably not be long-term convinced of it.

If I had a real discussion with God, I would probably be long-term convinced of it.

How do you distinguish the two?