No-one should be compelled to accept an objective reality exists & that the best way of knowing things about it is evidence.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
And usually ppl who dislike this idea do still accept their children need to eat & receive medical care & other important reality things.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
They can still be responsible adults & they do engage with the world on an assumption that reality exists whether they admit it or not.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
This makes me think they're fundamentally intellectually dishonest - an analogous situation; http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/929221-my-practice-as-a-scientist-is-atheistic-that-is-to …
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They don't try to be honest. They don't think in terms of honesty because reality doesn't exist.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
The term for such people is "bullshit artist" - and that's probably why I can't stand them - I've always hated that ilk.
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Replying to @citation_needed
But its a mistake to think the intent is always to deceive. Often its just a fundamental happiness with being lost in confusion.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
True; the problem is that it looks awfully like malice when the outcomes and effects are considered.
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Yes, it does depend what they are. My friend trips around in a happy haze being kind to people so I find it hard to feel negative about her.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
I've less of an issue with those people than I do with the uni profs who inflict their silliness on others.
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We are in full agreement!
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