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I suppose that it depends on who you're talking to. For example, I've talked to many radical religious folks who believe that I am "suppressive", "apostate", "b
by myWindoonn 6y ago
I suppose that it depends on who you're talking to. For example, I've talked to many radical religious folks who believe that I am "suppressive", "apostate", "blasphemous", etc. and that talking to me is automatically harmful to their spiritual health. In effect, they would find it to be extremely bad manners to discuss anything which questions their religion.
When I was a child, I was afraid that there were monsters in my closet. My parents were understanding at first, but when I requested that we leave on my bedroom light, they gently refused. I wanted all of the lights left on all night throughout the house, and they not only told me no, but stayed in my room with the lights turned off and explored all of the corners and showed me that there were no monsters.
- Smaug123 6y agoAh, but it's something entirely different when your parents come in, sit down on the bed, and explain to you in detail that your reasoning whose conclusion was "I am safe from monsters in my room" is unsound, before retiring to their own beds.
- myWindoonn 6y agoWell, this talk is more like the birds and the bees [0], right? It's not just about correcting misconceptions, but ensuring that folks are practicing safe habits as they go about their lives. Letting people believe in the Basilisk is just like letting them have any other harmful religious delusion: They're wrong, they're injuring themselves and others, and they cling to the belief because it validates part of their worldview. Edit: Single-sentence consideration: Newcomb's Paradox requires that the player can't simply flip a coin and reduce the predictor's accuracy from superhuman 99+% to a more typical 50%, right? [0] https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-talk-3 https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/the-talk-3