Can someone help me with this sequence post? I can't tell what relevance it has to Moore's Paradox, or even what point is being made.
I wonder if you can get the same benefits of believing that people are good, just by keeping in mind the idea of them being good. Then there wouldn't even be a reason to mess around with your beliefs.
Today's post, Moore's Paradox was originally published on 08 March 2009. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):
People often mistake reasons for endorsing a proposition for reasons to believe that proposition.
Discuss the post here (rather than in the comments to the original post).
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