Really? Do you really think everyone who comes off as irrational based on a blog post of theirs that you read shouldn’t be here?
There’s irrationality and then there’s faith-based epistemic insanity. This person actually states that he cannot accept any perceived challenge to their preferred theories. Seriously, read the blogpost. He/she is as rational as the most extreme Christian fundamentalist. Do you really think such folks could ever be productive contributors to this site?
I think it makes a big difference if the preferred theory is gender/racial equality as opposed to fundamentalist Christianity, and whether the opposition to those perceived challenges result from emotional sensitivity as opposed to blind faith. At the very least, the blog post doesn’t indicate that the author would be irrational about issues other than marginalization.
Do you really think such folks could ever be productive contributors to this site?
They can be, but it’s not worth trying to seek them out. Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t lukeprog have pretty serious Christian beliefs at one point?
This person actually states that he cannot accept any perceived challenge to their preferred theories.
The “preferred theory” in question is that they are of value as a human, and that they have considerable experience of being treated as not of value as a human, up to and including violence. As preferred theories go, this strikes me as not being an unreasonable one to hold.
If this is what he means by that, then his argument clearly rests on the assumption that the rationalist/LW community actively dehumanizes people like him. This seems so clearly baseless to me that it actually makes for an even less charitable description of his views.
There’s irrationality and then there’s faith-based epistemic insanity. This person actually states that he cannot accept any perceived challenge to their preferred theories. Seriously, read the blogpost. He/she is as rational as the most extreme Christian fundamentalist. Do you really think such folks could ever be productive contributors to this site?
I think it makes a big difference if the preferred theory is gender/racial equality as opposed to fundamentalist Christianity, and whether the opposition to those perceived challenges result from emotional sensitivity as opposed to blind faith. At the very least, the blog post doesn’t indicate that the author would be irrational about issues other than marginalization.
Does fundamentalist Christianity indicate that the believer would be irrational about issues other than religion?
If yes, what’s the difference?
They can be, but it’s not worth trying to seek them out. Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t lukeprog have pretty serious Christian beliefs at one point?
I find your mismatched pronouns painful.
The “preferred theory” in question is that they are of value as a human, and that they have considerable experience of being treated as not of value as a human, up to and including violence. As preferred theories go, this strikes me as not being an unreasonable one to hold.
If this is what he means by that, then his argument clearly rests on the assumption that the rationalist/LW community actively dehumanizes people like him. This seems so clearly baseless to me that it actually makes for an even less charitable description of his views.
Her. But never mind, I’m sure it’ll all be fine.
If I have no value as a human, I desire to believe I have no value as a human.
Would that desire be enough to qualify you as a human?