Re: Belief and Reason (was Guns...)

Steve Tucker (stevet@megsinet.net)
Thu, 27 May 1999 22:54:03 -0500

"Lee Daniel Crocker (none)" wrote:

> Dawkins makes an interesting argument that credulity is an advantage
> for children, and to some extent it may have been for adults as well
> during most of our evolutionary history. I haven't found a cure yet,
> but I have seem people make the transition so I know it can be done.
> I wonder how you would go about measuring it?

It sounds like you have a precise method -- at the poker table!

I wonder what makes someone ready for the transition....