(July 23, 2015 at 11:04 am)robvalue Wrote: Very good post! I am pretty much on board (pun intended).
I agree that each belief held for bad reasons is at the least going to make it more likely to acquire more beliefs for bad reasons. So it's never harmless in that respect.
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Thank you.
For the part I have omitted of your post, if you want to start another thread about that subject, go ahead and do so. I agree with your second thought that it does not belong here, as it is too much going off topic. Still, it could make for an interesting thread, depending, of course, on what people have to say about it.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
