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Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 11 October 2015 04:56:09PM 0 points [-]

Sure, I agree that truth and reason are not the same thing. I meant to indicate that I heard both types of comments, and often together, from religious people - that the truth as determined by science, reason, and logic do not have value in comparison to personal felt experience.

Comment author: ChristianKl 11 October 2015 09:28:12PM 1 point [-]

I think most of those people consider personal felt experience to show the truth.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 11 October 2015 10:26:22PM 0 points [-]

Yup, I hear you. I think this is a matter of semantics - I am using the word truth as it is generally understood on Less Wrong, meaning the truth of reality as indicated by concrete sensory experience, the closer to the senses, the better.

Comment author: ChristianKl 11 October 2015 10:54:30PM 0 points [-]

I think the question of whether someone wants to have correct beliefs is quite distinct from whether they believe that reason is a method that's useful for finding the truth.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 12 October 2015 03:34:19AM 0 points [-]

Yes, I agree that these are distinct things.

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