Jiro comments on 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 02 November 2014 11:03:02AM *  4 points [-]

the people I listen to who (claim to) believe in the supernatural mostly just seem to be referring to events that aren't explicable by or are inconsistent with modern scientific consensus beliefs.

I somehow doubt that if it was suddenly discovered that cigarette smoking was good for your health, many people would refer to that as supernatural, even though that would be inconsistent with modern scientific consensus beliefs.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 02 November 2014 02:44:41PM 0 points [-]

I agree.