tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post3133181975778302691..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: Atheists not trustedRussell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-56274083367920479122011-12-18T21:28:10.443+11:002011-12-18T21:28:10.443+11:00http://andrewgelman.com/2011/12/this-one-is-so-dum...http://andrewgelman.com/2011/12/this-one-is-so-dumb-it-makes-me-want-to-barf/<br /><br />has a discussion about the methodologyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-3791409650717710502011-12-17T04:20:35.685+11:002011-12-17T04:20:35.685+11:00You may say you disagree with it, but I don't ...You may say you disagree with it, but I don't trust you.<br /><br />I'm guessing it's purely an American thing though. The rest of the west has moved on somewhat.March Harehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116034158087704885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-49697645027762934232011-12-16T23:59:36.918+11:002011-12-16T23:59:36.918+11:00Distrust of atheists is perhaps psychologically ro...Distrust of atheists is perhaps psychologically rooted in tribalistic suspicion of anyone not sharing your basic worldview. Religions and cults may have functioned as markers of in-groups/out-groups, of tribes, in which case atheists are for the faithful simply and irrevocably not one of them, hence not to be trusted.Tnoreply@blogger.com