tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post1005633343254006479..comments2023-10-09T04:11:47.358-07:00Comments on Not A Potted Plant: Talking to Believers, Part 2: Sizing Up Your CounterpartBurt Likkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-77621073335323906712010-03-07T06:12:51.625-08:002010-03-07T06:12:51.625-08:00TL, thank you for yet another excellent post.TL, thank you for yet another excellent post.Friendly Technocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09519350934207538519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-82102959582509031072010-03-04T15:12:21.962-08:002010-03-04T15:12:21.962-08:00Thanks, all.
Natalie, I'm going to publish a ...Thanks, all.<br /><br />Natalie, I'm going to publish a composite post when I'm done with the series. I'll be happy to cross-post that at Less Wrong. I'm thrilled that you're enjoying the series.<br /><br />Kaz, yours is a story much like what I'm thinking about in the forthcoming post #3 in the series. Obviously, don't beat yourself up over mistakes in the past, just try to do better in the future. Much of what I'm writing is taken from my own curriculum in the School of Hard Knocks.<br /><br />Dan, I certainly do hope that you and other believers get value out of my thoughts on this subject too; in some ways, that's even more gratifying than knowing that my immediate target audience is enjoying the series.Burt Likkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-40784401536786569242010-03-04T13:00:54.185-08:002010-03-04T13:00:54.185-08:00A (perhaps) interesting little side comment -- som...A (perhaps) interesting little side comment -- some of us believer-types even recognize that our beliefs are probably some kind of lingering effect of childhood programming and emotional attachment. (We're probably on the wishy-washy end of the fervor spectrum, though some of us are surprisingly observant.) Hell, some of us are even willing to concede that our religious beliefs probably represent a lacuna in our rational thinking. Yet we <i> still </i> will react negatively to being spoken to as though we are idiots. (Even if I am, I don't like I be spoken to thusly.)<br /><br />On that note, I thoroughly enjoy reading what you have to say, even though clearly your religious thinking is very different from mine.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213051268392108382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-19873466477567483662010-03-04T05:33:37.641-08:002010-03-04T05:33:37.641-08:00I really want to thank you for laying these things...I really want to thank you for laying these things out. I've made a lot of these gaffes. Some especially to a very close friend. <br /><br />It takes a lot of talking to get from one of those mistakes back to the point where the shields are back down and you can both talk rationally again.Kaz Dragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13272310026172140396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-28781802595530762372010-03-04T01:33:44.375-08:002010-03-04T01:33:44.375-08:00Are you by any chance aware of the rationality-cen...Are you by any chance aware of the rationality-centric community <a href="http://lesswrong.com" rel="nofollow">Less Wrong</a>? I think this series on Talking to Believers would be quite appreciated there.<br /><br />Even if you decline to participate on that site, this series would surely generate some interesting commentary and I'd like to encourage you to post it there.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700560228027590511noreply@blogger.com