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Thanks. Dreaded Anomaly Send a noteboard - 01/12/2010 03:30:46 AM
I would write your replies if I cared enough, which I no longer do (in this context). The anthropomorphic bias, I'm convinced, is the cause of many misunderstandings and biases in "discussions" such as these. Eventually, I do think most people will get there -- I know it took me a few years to really get it. Taleb explains it well by referring to Casanova.

Regards,

MM


Assertions like the one to which I replied press my buttons because scientific discovery is impressive enough to be appreciated in its own right. It really bothers me when people misappropriate science (new or old) to fuel their own irrational philosophies (something which happens more often with quantum physics, but there's plenty of misunderstanding of biology to go around, too).
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Seems to put atheists in a bit of a catch-22 there. Ghavrel - 30/11/2010 05:54:25 AM 763 Views
Bwa? Craig - 30/11/2010 06:45:33 AM 691 Views
Sorry, yeah. That is not my position. Ghavrel - 30/11/2010 07:03:17 AM 683 Views
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What an arbitrary and meaningless statement. *NM* Ghavrel - 30/11/2010 07:52:13 PM 247 Views
Anthropomorphizing concepts is a cognitive bias. Dreaded Anomaly - 30/11/2010 11:19:23 PM 595 Views
Only given a certain metaphysical framework. Ghavrel - 01/12/2010 12:18:09 AM 638 Views
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Empiricism is unsupported by empirical evidence. *NM* Ghavrel - 01/12/2010 02:21:52 AM 257 Views
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Down right genocidal toward them Isaac - 01/12/2010 01:31:47 AM 585 Views
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I'm actually a tiny bit giddy about this. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 01/12/2010 01:04:49 AM 244 Views
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