Well, I can't evaluate that. But if I do have Asperger's, than it is so weak as to be irrelevant. My behavior as a child is diametrically different from today and think it's safe to conclude that it was environmental.

Exactly. When has a belief in god payed rent?

I spoke didn't use the God word but spoke more generally about spiritual experiences, which you believe don't happen.

This is very wishy-washy language. If there were enough evidence of a 'greater force' to make it worth believing, I would believe it.

The question is: How much evidence would you need?

If I understand your map of the world right, spiritual experiences like recalling past lifes shouldn't exist? The people who make those reports didn't really made those experiences.

If someone would guide you through recalling a memory of a pastlife that feels as real as the memories that you recall from your present life how much would that cause you to update?

It seems a little silly to say "I believe these experiences exist"; it almost sounds like you're trying to imply that some greater force exists.

Beliefs have to pay rent.

Would you start believing in some greater force if someone demostrates to you that those experiences exist by guiding you through the experience?

How much different kind of spiritual experiences would you need to experience to drop your belief in materialism?

Good point. To avoid being wrong, one may restrict himself to write about common accepted things, like 2+2=4. What is boring.

But I will say something very controversial. Like "faster rotating planets are warmer than slowly rotating, everything else equal". Most people "know" it is the other way around. Then I will try to decompose this statement to some well known and thus boring facts.

Risky strategy I know.

Math, physics, coding, strategy games, conflicts, the (near) future as I see it, promoting some contrarian views.

I don't approve many common views, I think I can see through several established misconceptions. Still, I could be wrong now and then.

this might resemble the kind of list you were looking for:

http://lesswrong.com/lw/2un/references_resources_for_lesswrong/

The most linear way to read Eliezer's Sequences is in chronological order by date of original posting, although it might not be the best way.

Mind you it will be a good approximation of the best way. His posting order was dominated by needing to explain requisite knowledge before explaining later concepts. Perhaps the most obvious optimisation when it comes to reading is just skipping the parts that aren't interesting.

Obviously the actual number itself is completely arbitrary, although I think you did a pretty good job estimating and giving a relatively realistic range. The full impact of Google, of course, can't really be quantified; it's impacted the world culturally, technically, socially, economically, etc. When you think about it, things that we understand qualitatively but not quantitatively are usually massively complex.

Has anyone on LW compiled a list of books/subjects to read/learn that basically gives brings you through all the ideas discussed on LW?

The sequences are the obvious answer, but it's nice to go into subjects a little more in-depth, plus the sequences are somewhat frustrating to navigate (every article in the sequences has links to plenty of other articles, so it's hard to attack the sequences in linear fashion).

There's sufficient evidence that people experience what they call "ghosts" and "god" for me to believe that such experiences exist. I don't think "ghosts" or "gods" are the cause of those experiences, however.