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This is based on a computer model/simulation. One of the assumptions in the model was that if a person talks to 2 people who hold a different opinion than him/h
by pitchups 15y ago
This is based on a computer model/simulation. One of the assumptions in the model was that if a person talks to 2 people who hold a different opinion than him/her, they will then change their opinion. I am not sure how realistic that assumption is. Do you change your opinion or belief if just 2 people disagree with you?
- pnathan 15y agoCounterexample to their assumption: religions.
- Helianthus 15y agoany reasonable model would consider atheism as a religion when it comes to the mechanics of its spread.
- pzxc 15y agoI have no idea what that is supposed to mean. Religion spreads when people tell other people about the religion. You can't believe in Jesus (or whomever) until they tell you who he is. Atheism, on the contrary, simply means "the lack of theistic belief". Anyone who has not subscribed to a religion is technically atheistic. I'm not sure how many "atheist missionaries" you've met, but do you really think that atheism spreads by people convincing other people? All babies are atheists, by the way.
- JanezStupar 15y agoAnd your post is founded on scientific fact not belief?
- Helianthus 15y ago>All babies are atheists, by the way. that's cute. that statement has about as much sense as "all frogs are atheists." if you cannot ask/be asked the question you cannot be categorized by your answer. my point was that modeling the spread of ideas would require treating atheism as a payload, carried between two people. >do you really think that atheism spreads by people convincing other people? no. it spreads by osmosis. atheism leaks through water to other people. the whole of r/atheism has never convinced a single person to take up the atheistic banner through reasoned argument. sorry, I just don't know how to respond to such a silly claim except sarcastically.