From: paul@i2.to
Date: Wed Jul 21 1999 - 15:13:44 MDT
On Tue, 20 July 1999, "Eliezer S. Yudkowsky" wrote:
> Open letter, huh? Well, for what it's worth, Crocker's right and you're
> wrong. You're insufficiently skeptical and most of the "mysteries"
> you've been posting about are known loads of crap.
There is a fine line between being sufficiently skeptical
and blindly assuming something isn't the case. And for what its
worth you and Crocker are wrong, and this despite your own 300+ IQ
and 1600 SAT scores. Assuming you're actually reading this
post and I did not end up in your 'bogus' filter a few months
back (itself a flattery) then perhaps I'll point out exactly why
such consistent dogmatic thinking on your's and Crocker's
part does such a great disservice to rational thinkers everywhere.
> Nobody holds this against you. I believed in psychic powers only five
> years ago(*).
Nobody holds your dogmatism against you either, as it is a common
behavior amongst high-IQ young people. Just because I don't believe
in psychic powers either, does not mean I must dogmatically believe
they don't exist because of insufficient evidence. The only rational choice
left is *to not believe in anything*.
Paul
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