your response is a bit of a True Scotsman argument
In the same way saying that no one serious believes in perpetual motion machines is also a True Scotsman argument.
How do I know if someone is "reasonably serious" or not?
Has adequate knowledge of human physiology and is not trolling :-P
In the same way saying that no one serious believes in perpetual motion machines is also a True Scotsman argument.
Yes, I would say that it suffers from basically the same same problem. Do you agree that there are people out there who believe, in good faith, that perpetual motion machines are possible? Do you agree that there are people who invest a lot of personal time and energy into constructing perpetual motion machines?
Has adequate knowledge of human physiology and is not trolling :
Okay, and if someone asserts or implies that generally speakin...
What is something you used to believe, preferably something concrete with direct or implied predictions, that you now know was dead wrong. Was your belief rational given what you knew and could know back then, or was it irrational, and why?
Edit: I feel like some of these are getting a bit glib and political. Please try to explain what false assumptions or biases were underlying your beliefs - be introspective - this is LW after all.