# Most people are agnostic

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-people-are-agnostic/546977>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 17, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-people-are-agnostic/546977 "2010-07-17T00:49:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Stoneburg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-people-are-agnostic/546977/41 "2010-07-19T20:25:27Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Or it could just mean you suck at delaying gratification. People have lost more immediate and tangible things from banging a stripper.
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> [People do stupid stuff all the time.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=571115) Do smokers not believe in lung cancer and emphysema, for instance?

False equivalency. By smoking you only _increase the probability_ of developing lung cancer. If you absolutely knew that you would get lung cancer by smoking, chances are you’d stop.

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