David_Gerard comments on Belief in Self-Deception - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 22 February 2011 11:16:38AM -1 points [-]

I have a lot of friends who think "it's old therefore it must be good to have survived this long" about Tarot and eastern religions etc.

In fact, the argument from tradition is considered very strong in alternative medicine in particular and New Age culture in general, even if whatever it is was actually made up^W^Wrediscovered last week.