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Free-Floating Belief
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A free-floating belief is a belief that both doesn't follow from observations and doesn't restrict which experiences to anticipate. It is both unfounded and useless.

Blog posts

  • Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences)
  • Belief in Belief

See also

  • Belief in belief
  • Beliefs require observations, Making beliefs pay rent
  • Improper belief