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Fake Beliefs

Aug 24, 2017 by Eliezer Yudkowsky

An account of irrationality would be incomplete if it provided no theory about how rationality works—or if its “theory” only consisted of vague truisms, with no precise explanatory mechanism. This sequence asks why it’s useful to base one’s behavior on “rational” expectations, and what it feels like to do so.

516Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences)
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361A Fable of Science and Politics
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223Belief in Belief
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356Religion's Claim to be Non-Disprovable
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127Professing and Cheering
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146Belief as Attire
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172Pretending to be Wise
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383Applause Lights
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