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“Dragon Agnosticism” by jefftk


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I'm agnostic on the existence of dragons. I don't usually talk about
this, because people might misinterpret me as actually being a covert
dragon-believer, but I wanted to give some background for why I
disagree with calls for people to publicly assert the non-existence of
dragons.

Before I do that, though, it's clear that horrible acts have been
committed in the name of dragons. Many dragon-believers publicly or
privately endorse this reprehensible history. Regardless of whether
dragons do in fact exist, repercussions continue to have serious and
unfair downstream effects on our society.

Given that history, the easy thing to do would be to loudly and
publicly assert that dragons don't exist. But while a world in which
dragons don't exist would be preferable, that a claim has inconvenient
or harmful consequences isn't evidence of its truth or falsehood.

Another [...]

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First published:

August 1st, 2024

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/vp9KArish8X5xxvFc/dragon-agnosticism

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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