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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August 1st, 2024

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

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