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Jonathan_Graehl comments on "Stupid" questions thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 16 July 2013 10:33:49PM 2 points [-]

I agree completely. It's impossible for me to imagine a scenario where a marginal believer is negative evidence in the belief - at best you can explain away the belief ("they're just conforming" lets you approach 0 slope once it's a majority religion w/ death penalty for apostates).