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I think that anyone who believed in Santa Clause as a kid should automatically discredit any “intuition” they have about things. How much more evidence do you need that you’ll just believe in kooky nice sounding things?

Maybe you didn’t believe in The Red Guy, but I did, and in retrospect I must be a complete retard.

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I agree that people believe stupid things. I also believe that this is evidence that you can't trust your intuition. I think I believed in Santa but I can't remember. I do remember struggling with my intuition of physics thanks to Hollywood movies.

I can say this feels different to that sort of belief. Not that I expect that would do anything to convince you of it's validity.

In what way does it feel different and why does this difference suggest a higher probability of truth?

Oh it doesn't

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