I think I’ve made this same point before, but it really bugs me when “atheists are so stupid!” jokes come out of the mouths of otherwise reasonable people. Like
- People believe stupid things and, in fact, are generally less rational than the general population
- Being “rational” isn’t an intrinsic good, and many, many other kinds of intelligence or thought or whatever also matter
It’sridiculous to treat “rational” as meaning “intelligent” or “good at understanding.” Rational can mean any number of different things, depending on context, and in contexts like these it is often a very unhelpful kind of intelligenceI’m not saying it’s never true. I’m not saying everyone who makes these jokes is an idiot. But, as you can see from my past post, it’s an entirely unproductive and dangerous thing to say when I see it. When you say “X are so stupid!” to me, the message I hear is
“X are, on average, less smart than other people”
and that is the least helpful thing to say to someone who is already doing poorly with the kind of stuff that is usually associated with “being smart.”
Frank, do you believe in a god?
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