komponisto comments on [Poll] Less Wrong and Mainstream Philosophy: How Different are We?

komponisto 27 Sep 2012 18:05 UTC
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I appeal to the popular perception of the absurdity of the SH in order to undermine professions of belief in theism.
- adamisom 27 Sep 2012 20:05 UTC
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  Cool. I should have specified ‘I’m intrigued; can you move down a level of specificity (as to how)?’
  - komponisto 27 Sep 2012 21:05 UTC
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    Most people seem to believe that it’s absurd to suppose we’re living in the Matrix; I point out that theism is not significantly different from this.
    - Jayson_Virissimo 29 Sep 2012 9:09 UTC
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      Most people seem to believe that it’s absurd to suppose we’re living in the Matrix; I point out that theism is not significantly different from this.
      
      According to my informal experiments with presenting the SA to friends, the absurdity reaction is highly sensitive to framing-effects and especially the particular sequence in which I present the premises.