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I'm not saying it's not true of most people in the world, but that doesn't make it a constructive argument. And you didn't use the words ignorant and denial, but they're reasonable synonyms to what you did say.

When I do the "same thing" I'm really saying that when you represent yourself as from the field, you might want to cultivate a more nuanced view of the people outside the field, if you want to be taken seriously.

Instead, given the view you presented, I'm forced to give your views the same credence I give a physicist who says their model of quantum gravity is definitely the correct one. I.e: "sure, you'd say that, wouldn't you"




I am providing a reason why "the public" might be uncomfortable around these ideas. You accuse me of misrepresenting the public's beliefs as ignorant and outdated when really the public has a nuanced view on this subject. I am merely taking the majority of people at their word when they are polled on the subject.

Most people believe in souls. Most people do not believe in minds as emergent out of interactions of neurons. I am not sure how to cultivate a more nuanced view on this when flat majorities of people say when asked that they hold the belief I am imputing on them.

Am I saying that this is where all skepticism comes from? No. Is it a considerable portion? Yes.




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