“I’d listen to the argument solely in order to refute it.”
Paul refutes the data! Eliezer, an idiot disagreeing with you shouldn’t necessarily shift your beliefs at all. By that token, there’s no reason to shift your beliefs if the whole world told you 2 + 2 were 3, unless they showed some evidence. I would think it vastly more likely that the whole world was pulling my leg.
“I’d listen to the argument solely in order to refute it.”
Paul refutes the data! Eliezer, an idiot disagreeing with you shouldn’t necessarily shift your beliefs at all. By that token, there’s no reason to shift your beliefs if the whole world told you 2 + 2 were 3, unless they showed some evidence. I would think it vastly more likely that the whole world was pulling my leg.
Sometimes I feel like religion is the whole world pulling my leg.