Okay, hm. You’re busy all the time but if ever you have some time free I’d like to brainstorm about how we might have something like a “rational debate”. E.g. the optimal set-up might be meeting in person where we can go back and forth in real-time to clarify small things while taking a break every few minutes to check the internet for sources and write out better-considered arguments and responses. Considering we live a block away from each other that might actually be possible. It’d incentivize me to put a lot more effort into being understandable. I’m not exactly sure what the topic of such debate would be; I agree with you that theism isn’t worth studying, I only try to argue that it’s really hard to claim that theists are wrong given our current state of uncertainty.
That doesn’t sound like a productive way to address these issues, but it’s true that I should put my time on this until at least after a September 30th deadline I’ve got on a project. I’ll keep this in mind.
Not much, I’m afraid. I may know more about their views than most LWers, but that’s ain’t much.
Okay, hm. You’re busy all the time but if ever you have some time free I’d like to brainstorm about how we might have something like a “rational debate”. E.g. the optimal set-up might be meeting in person where we can go back and forth in real-time to clarify small things while taking a break every few minutes to check the internet for sources and write out better-considered arguments and responses. Considering we live a block away from each other that might actually be possible. It’d incentivize me to put a lot more effort into being understandable. I’m not exactly sure what the topic of such debate would be; I agree with you that theism isn’t worth studying, I only try to argue that it’s really hard to claim that theists are wrong given our current state of uncertainty.
That doesn’t sound like a productive way to address these issues, but it’s true that I should put my time on this until at least after a September 30th deadline I’ve got on a project. I’ll keep this in mind.