Lumifer comments on Rationality Quotes Thread May 2015 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 08 May 2015 02:17:44PM * -1 points [-]

A religous fisherman my logic this way I pray -> I get more fish -> I feel better. Instead it works out as I pray -> I feel better.

Aren't you assuming the conclusion? Here is another chain: I pray -> No fish bite -> God doesn't like me -> Depressed.

Comment author: ChristianKl 21 May 2015 11:08:53AM 1 point [-]

Here is another chain: I pray -> No fish bite -> God doesn't like me -> Depressed.

Or "maybe I shouldn't have sinned last week..."