What’s your evidence for religion? It’s one thing for you to claim that that your own estimate for the truth of your religion is high based on supposedly strong evidence that you refuse to share. It’s quite another to expect anyone else to move their estimate.
I’m not expecting to convince you to move your estimate using my evidence—some of it is personal, and the rest would likely be rejected out of hand. No, that’s just why I believe in religion rather than the Truman Show.
As for you, I think it’s totally fine for you to rank the Truman Show as high as religion, given your rejection of practically all the evidence in favor of either. As long as you keep a real possibility for both.
I hope you do not feel bad because of some overzealous atheists here ganging up on you. This specific faucet of epistemic rationality is only a small part of the site. And kudos for being instrumentally rational and not letting yourself being bullied into discussing your specific evidence. This would certainly not be useful to anyone. Most people are good at compartmentalizing, and we don’t have to be uniformly rational to benefit from bits and pieces here and there.
No, don’t worry about my feelings. I wouldn’t have “come out” immediately, or probably posted anything in the first place, if I wasn’t sure I could survive it. I mean, yes, of course I feel like everyone’s ganging up on me, but I could hardly expect them to do otherwise given the way I’ve been acting.
Thanks...I’m trying to be rational, I certainly am. And I’m delighted to find other people who are willing to think this way. You could never have this discussion where I’m from, except with someone who either is on this site or ought to be.
I’m not expecting to convince you to move your estimate using my evidence—some of it is personal, and the rest would likely be rejected out of hand. No, that’s just why I believe in religion rather than the Truman Show.
As for you, I think it’s totally fine for you to rank the Truman Show as high as religion, given your rejection of practically all the evidence in favor of either. As long as you keep a real possibility for both.
I hope you do not feel bad because of some overzealous atheists here ganging up on you. This specific faucet of epistemic rationality is only a small part of the site. And kudos for being instrumentally rational and not letting yourself being bullied into discussing your specific evidence. This would certainly not be useful to anyone. Most people are good at compartmentalizing, and we don’t have to be uniformly rational to benefit from bits and pieces here and there.
No, don’t worry about my feelings. I wouldn’t have “come out” immediately, or probably posted anything in the first place, if I wasn’t sure I could survive it. I mean, yes, of course I feel like everyone’s ganging up on me, but I could hardly expect them to do otherwise given the way I’ve been acting.
Thanks...I’m trying to be rational, I certainly am. And I’m delighted to find other people who are willing to think this way. You could never have this discussion where I’m from, except with someone who either is on this site or ought to be.