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Val comments on Are we failing the ideological Turing test in the case of ISIS? (a crazy ideas thread) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 10 January 2016 01:00:31AM 2 points [-]

Do you feel this article shouldn't have been written? Or do you disagree with what you believe to be my ideological views? I

The problem is that you attempt to write an article about an ideological turing test without investing any effort into trying to understand the ideology in question by reading engaging with relevant sources.

You could have found those by reading previous discussion of ISIS on LW.

I was never meant to state, defend or attack any ideology at all.

That like a fish not knowing that he swims in water. If you equate being driven by religion with not being rational you are stating an ideological position.

Comment author: Val 10 January 2016 01:34:10AM 1 point [-]

If you equate being driven by religion with not being rational you are stating an ideological position.

That's not my position. On the contrary, I believe that (non-radical) religion can be fully compatible with science and with being rational. It seems that somewhere we misunderstood each other.

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