tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post7593798372433389966..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): A majority of Norwegians don't believe in GodMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-83962720038107472502016-04-14T19:32:48.997-05:002016-04-14T19:32:48.997-05:00Fair point regarding 4,000.
Respondents to what ...Fair point regarding 4,000. <br />Respondents to what source? <br />Was this geographically normalized? <br />Is there a certain type of person that responds to junk mail?<br /><br />A political survey of 100,000 in Austin, Texas would be a vast misrepresentation of the state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-2881160954362622312016-04-14T19:26:08.330-05:002016-04-14T19:26:08.330-05:00'Believe in' might have been misunderstood...'Believe in' might have been misunderstood to mean 'trust in'. <br />In which case a strong believer who thinks a god to be unfair, untrustworthy or childish, etc. might answer, 'no' in spite of having a healthy contempt for such an entity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-6569998167012157412016-04-14T10:23:12.167-05:002016-04-14T10:23:12.167-05:00Hah, wow. Talk about counterintuitive. :) I shall ...Hah, wow. Talk about counterintuitive. :) I shall resume forthwith my reading of <a href="http://www.jordanellenberg.com/how-not-to-be-wrong/" rel="nofollow"><i>How Not To Be Wrong</i></a>. Mange takk!Drabkikkerhttp://drabkikker.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-64509638637179092812016-04-14T08:09:01.717-05:002016-04-14T08:09:01.717-05:00That is actually quite a large sample size. 4000 ...That is actually quite a large sample size. 4000 responses in a population of 5 million generates a margin or error of only 2% with a confidence level of 99%. Way better than you need. So yes, mathematically representative.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-87391125056280000312016-04-14T07:46:17.016-05:002016-04-14T07:46:17.016-05:00Well, if you assume that 0.08% (Norway has about 5...Well, if you assume that 0.08% (Norway has about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Norway" rel="nofollow">5,000,000 inhabitants</a>) is a representative portion of the population...Drabkikkerhttp://drabkikker.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-75128923058427194362016-04-13T18:27:50.613-05:002016-04-13T18:27:50.613-05:00I wish they gave the option: I don't care.
Th...I wish they gave the option: I don't care.<br /><br />The question whether a god exists implies incredulity from the questioner towards the negative answer. Believers have a very hard time understanding that not-believing is a non-action. To a non-believer, the question of whether god exists, is equivalent to the question whether Santa Claus exist. Or dragons. Or Frankenstein. Kinda, but not really. Sometimes relevant, mostly in relation to a movie, book or religious building. Otherwise, not so much. Nepkarelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-61245957027427926492016-04-12T09:54:42.628-05:002016-04-12T09:54:42.628-05:00*Plurality*PluralityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-26834173568653537402016-04-11T22:55:13.642-05:002016-04-11T22:55:13.642-05:00Unless the question was phrased "Do you belie...Unless the question was phrased "Do you believe there is a God," in which case an agnostic could reply "I don't know."Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-83971571144836951532016-04-11T21:42:17.070-05:002016-04-11T21:42:17.070-05:00Agreed. If you cannot say yes to the question, &q...Agreed. If you cannot say yes to the question, "Do you believe in God?", then it logically follows that you do not believe in God.smittypaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712361944872467655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-20574953028792677972016-04-11T19:03:01.835-05:002016-04-11T19:03:01.835-05:00How can they not know if they believe in god ?How can they not know if they believe in god ?WilliamRockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06353376414079333348noreply@blogger.com