"and probably most people would agree with me about one of them—in each case"... So in what sense are these books overrated?https://twitter.com/prospect_uk/status/892419656455081984 …
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I'll go out on a limb and guess one is the Bible.
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I suspected the Koran. I suppose if everyone read one or t'other, and all reading one thought the other was over-rated, it would be true.
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That's the wriggle room. But if it ends up that a majority of people think both are overrated - then again, it's a curious formulation.
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Are you trying to prove that philosophers also don't read very well? Because that's clearly not what Dennett implied.
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About what are you talking, Sven?
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He implied that followers of each religion would glorify one book and dismiss the other - thus "agreeing" with him on one.
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It's broader. He means *non-Muslims* ("most people", not just Xians) would think Koran overrated; and *non-Xians* ("most people")...
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OK, yes. But that's not inconsistent with those also being the most influential books, so why is it a "curious formulation"?
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But imagine the numbers who have even tried reading both, so have some basis for judging are pretty small.
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