Harun Yahya has written a ton of books and has a massive following in the Islamic world. As someone raised in a liberal Muslim family, I’ve suffered through a few of them. They’re mostly bald assertions meant to reinforce belief in those who already have it. Persuasive content is practically nonexistent, and the science is usually so terrible as to leave one wondering whether he isn’t trolling his entire readership. His Atlas of Creation was famously taken apart by Richard Dawkins in a talk somewhere (quite humorously, I might add).
You don’t need any of the techniques developed at LessWrong to dismiss it as nonsense—Traditional Rationality will do the job just fine.
I’m familiar with the source he’s quoting,
Harun Yahya has written a ton of books and has a massive following in the Islamic world. As someone raised in a liberal Muslim family, I’ve suffered through a few of them. They’re mostly bald assertions meant to reinforce belief in those who already have it. Persuasive content is practically nonexistent, and the science is usually so terrible as to leave one wondering whether he isn’t trolling his entire readership. His Atlas of Creation was famously taken apart by Richard Dawkins in a talk somewhere (quite humorously, I might add).
You don’t need any of the techniques developed at LessWrong to dismiss it as nonsense—Traditional Rationality will do the job just fine.