Hey everyone. I found out about Less Wrong via Common Sense Atheism a couple of months ago and I’ve been reading up on the Sequences and trying to learn more about Bayes’ Theorem so that I can think more like a Bayesian in everyday life. It was only recently that I decided to actually make an account and contribute a bit.
I’m a software engineer for the Army. I’m not uniformed military (I used to be, for the Air Force) but a government civilian. My hobbies include swing dancing, playing guitar (mostly metal), learning about religion and studying Koine Greek (I might try to get an MA and possibly even a PhD in religious studies eventually), working out, and of course studying rationalism.
learning about religion and studying Koine Greek (I might try to get an MA and possibly even a PhD in religious studies eventually), working out, and of course studying rationalism.
Interesting combination. Coming via CSA, I’m guessing you’re the ‘understand the enemy to defeat it’ or ‘how could such a strange thing as religion work’ kind of atheist?
Yeah, I think it’s probably a combination of both. Maybe somewhere down the road I’ll be sneaking in rationalism while talking or teaching about religion? That’s the goal, anyway.
Being rational is a component of religion, though the hard core atheist rejects that fact.
I once lightly unpacked the story of genesis and related it to more modern theories of cosmology and biology. Considering the resources available to the author of Genesis, it turns out to be quite effective. Sure it’s way off, don’t get me wrong, but how many thousand years ago was it written, how’d they work it out? Thousands of years ago, and some of it is still congruent with modern science.
Hey everyone. I found out about Less Wrong via Common Sense Atheism a couple of months ago and I’ve been reading up on the Sequences and trying to learn more about Bayes’ Theorem so that I can think more like a Bayesian in everyday life. It was only recently that I decided to actually make an account and contribute a bit.
I’m a software engineer for the Army. I’m not uniformed military (I used to be, for the Air Force) but a government civilian. My hobbies include swing dancing, playing guitar (mostly metal), learning about religion and studying Koine Greek (I might try to get an MA and possibly even a PhD in religious studies eventually), working out, and of course studying rationalism.
Interesting combination. Coming via CSA, I’m guessing you’re the ‘understand the enemy to defeat it’ or ‘how could such a strange thing as religion work’ kind of atheist?
Yeah, I think it’s probably a combination of both. Maybe somewhere down the road I’ll be sneaking in rationalism while talking or teaching about religion? That’s the goal, anyway.
Being rational is a component of religion, though the hard core atheist rejects that fact.
I once lightly unpacked the story of genesis and related it to more modern theories of cosmology and biology. Considering the resources available to the author of Genesis, it turns out to be quite effective. Sure it’s way off, don’t get me wrong, but how many thousand years ago was it written, how’d they work it out? Thousands of years ago, and some of it is still congruent with modern science.
I’ll provide a link in a pm if you request.