If I may attempt an interpretation, Tim is saying that the Great Minds should be busy thinking Great Thoughts, and that they should leave the swatting of religious flies to us lesser folk.
“Why Richard Dawkins Doesn’t Debate Creationists”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhmsDGanyes
Yudkowsky proposes that we let them debate college students:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/17f/let_them_debate_college_students/
If I may attempt an interpretation, Tim is saying that the Great Minds should be busy thinking Great Thoughts, and that they should leave the swatting of religious flies to us lesser folk.
“Why Richard Dawkins Doesn’t Debate Creationists”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhmsDGanyes
Yudkowsky proposes that we let them debate college students:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/17f/let_them_debate_college_students/