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Santa Claus (also known as Father Christmas) is a mythical Christmas gift bringer whose existence is often taught to children by parents who know they're lying.
Eliezer considers Santa a test run for atheism: discovering a myth is not real.
It is a vexed question as to whether teaching your children about Santa is a good idea or not.
Children often find belief in Santa to be a trial run of belief in belief.
Eliezer considers Santa a test run for atheism: discovering a myth is not real.Children often find belief in Santa to be a trial run ofbelief in belief.RelatedBlog posts- Eliezer Yudkowsky, 2007-05-06- ThomBlake, 2009-03-13by thomblake-by RobinHanson,Overcoming Bias, 2009-12-21Hanson- Desrtopa, 2010-12-10by Desrtopa-on Penny Arcade, 2010-12-24See also