Hi y'all - this paper is relevant to the book club read, but I also found it interesting to compare with your brief description of rationality. Based on this paper, I would consider myself 99.3% rational. I'm sure Isparklaria will enjoy it. It is a short read; http://yudkowsky.net/virtues/
"Certainly some ideas are more rational than others. My best > judgment tells me that atheism is more rational than theism" Is atheism just an idea? I think not. Theism is the idea - and an irrational one at that. On Oct 1, 4:32 pm, Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you, Taylor. That is a truth not repeated often enough. In > fact, I would go a step further and say that there is no such thing as > a "rational person" excpet in the most qualified, relative sense. > > Human brains may have the most rational brains on the planet, but is > that saying much? I think people are basically irrational, but we do > have the ability to behave rationally on occasion - if we practice at > it. Certainly some ideas are more rational than others. My best > judgment tells me that atheism is more rational than theism, but if > that were to change, so would my "atheism." > > Aaron > > On Oct 1, 11:47 am, Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > A person who defines himself primarily by "atheism" rather > > than "rationality" seems to be as likely as any theist to pick up > > silly beliefs...- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
