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Oligopsony comments on Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Argument - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Oligopsony 19 February 2013 02:41:46PM 2 points [-]

(To be specific, I remember someone in the ideological test saying that they self-identify as both Christian and Atheist. And it was 1 person in 13, so that has a non-trivial impact on the results. I don't think that majority of either Christians or Atheists would agree that an opinion like this is a valid representation of their opinions. So how exactly should guessing or not guessing this person's self-description influence the ratings? And should it influence the ratings if the same person would be forced to choose only one of the descriptions?)

Well, that depends on what the test is testing for. If it's about metaphysics, Atheist, if it's about practice, Christian.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 20 February 2013 02:38:30AM 5 points [-]

puts on Hanson hat Atheism/theism isn't about metaphysics.

Comment author: ChristianKl 19 February 2013 06:56:08PM 2 points [-]

There a 50% chance that God exists?

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