This list falls into the failure mode I’ve seen a lot of among “skeptics” attempting to make a collection of “irrational” beliefs. Namely, they have no theory of what it means for something to be “irrational” so they fall back on a combination of absurdity heuristic and the belief’s social status.
This list falls into the failure mode I’ve seen a lot of among “skeptics” attempting to make a collection of “irrational” beliefs. Namely, they have no theory of what it means for something to be “irrational” so they fall back on a combination of absurdity heuristic and the belief’s social status.