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Comment author: komponisto 27 September 2012 03:01:36PM 2 points [-]

Can anyone exhibit an actual theist who says that a Matrix Lord composed of non-mental, non-mysterious parts counts as a God? So far as I know this position is held solely by people who want to mock the Simulation Hypothesis.

I hold it in order to mock theism.

Physicalist reductionism is such a fundamental part of my belief system that I think charity requires that theism be interpreted as the SH. I appeal to the popular perception of the absurdity of the SH in order to undermine professions of belief in theism.

Comment author: adamisom 27 September 2012 04:56:28PM *  0 points [-]

How (do you use it to mock/undermine theism)?

Comment author: komponisto 27 September 2012 06:05:19PM -1 points [-]

I appeal to the popular perception of the absurdity of the SH in order to undermine professions of belief in theism.

Comment author: adamisom 27 September 2012 08:05:43PM 1 point [-]

Cool. I should have specified 'I'm intrigued; can you move down a level of specificity (as to how)?'

Comment author: komponisto 27 September 2012 09:05:43PM 2 points [-]

Most people seem to believe that it's absurd to suppose we're living in the Matrix; I point out that theism is not significantly different from this.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 29 September 2012 09:09:51AM *  1 point [-]

Most people seem to believe that it's absurd to suppose we're living in the Matrix; I point out that theism is not significantly different from this.

According to my informal experiments with presenting the SA to friends, the absurdity reaction is highly sensitive to framing-effects and especially the particular sequence in which I present the premises.

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