Re: Deep River/Deep Sleep [was Boy Genius or Craft Idiot?]

From: karen@smigrodzki.org
Date: Sun Jun 08 2003 - 22:13:23 MDT

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    [quote author=Eliezer link=board=67;threadid=56039;start=#251225
    date=1054823369]
    Karen Rand Smigrodzki wrote:

    > I am surprised that I haven't seen anyone mention that Einstein
    > believed in the existence of a god. He was purported to be a genius. "God
    > does not play dice with the universe." Isn't it right to conclude that
    > intelligent minds can differ on the issue of a deity?

    eliezer wrote:
    If you call Einstein intelligent. He *was* human.

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^I would call him intelligent; would you? As far as being human, I
    agree with you.

    Eliezer wrote:
    Today I usually assign my "cannot agree to disagree"-ness measure, the
    degree to which I find a mistake *surprising*, the degree to which a
    person's disagreement with me makes me question my own beliefs, according
    to that person's knowledge of the bugs in human psychology and the amount
    of time they have spent explicitly studying rationality. Show me a
    Cosmides or a Kahneman that believes in God (I have no prior idea whether
    they do), and I will be surprised. Show me a Bostrom or a Hanson that
    believes in God, and I will care enough to ask them why.

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I think that I agree with you. I was trying to say that the IQ
    test is a measure of some aspects of a person's mind, and not others. I don't
    think it should come as a surprise when cases such as the one which started
    this topic come to light.

    Karen

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