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| Vladimir_Nesov | v1.3.0Jun 10th 2010 | (+16/-16) /* Related concepts */ | ||
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| Vladimir_Nesov | v1.0.0Jun 27th 2009 | (+281) Created page with 'Any [[belief]] should be potentially useful, should restrict which experiences to anticipate (to earn its keep in your mind, so to speak). ==Related concepts== *[[Beliefs requi...' |
Any belief should should restrict which experiences to anticipate, to be potentially useful and thereby pay rent and earn its keep in your mind, so to speak. If a belief does not affect what you anticipate experiencing—if the world would look exactly the same whether the belief is true or whether it is false—then how could you possibly tell if it were false? And if there's no circumstance under which you would be able to notice your belief were false, then why do you believe it now?
Any belief should be potentially useful, should restrict which experiences to anticipate (toanticipate, to be potentially useful and thereby pay rent and earn its keep in your mind, so to speak).speak. If a belief does not affect what you anticipate experiencing—if the world would look exactly the same whether the belief is true or whether it is false—then how could you possibly tell if it were false? And if there's no circumstance under which you would be able to notice your belief were false, then why do you believe it now?
Any belief should be potentially useful, should restrict which experiences to anticipate (to earn its keep in your mind, so to speak).
*Alief