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The Litany of Tarski is a template to remind oneself that beliefs should stem from reality, from what actually ais, as opposed to what we want, or what would be convenient. For any statement X, the litany templatetakes the form "If X, I desire to believe that can be stated about any fact. Here's another example:X".
Quoting The Meditation on Curiosity:
If thesky is bluebox contains a diamond,
I desire to believe that thesky is bluebox contains a diamond;
If thesky isbox does notbluecontain a diamond,
I desire to believe that thesky isbox does notblue.
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See also: The Bottom Line
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The Litany of Tarski is a template to remind oneself that beliefs should stem from reality, from what actually is, as opposed to what we want, or what would be convenient. For any statement X, the litany takes the form
"If"If X, I desire to believe thatX"X".The name refers to Alfred Tarski, who sought to define what, exactly,
"truth""truth" means.—— You have an instrumental motive to care about the truth of your beliefs about anything you care about.—— Deceiving yourself is harder than it seems. What looks like a successively adopted false belief may actually be just a belief in false belief.