Re:Beware of Being “Right”
by specialist on Saturday July 11, 2020 @01:51PM
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Some value acceptance by an in group, so will proclaim whatever is demanded, as the price of admission. Belief as attire.
Some prefer actionable predictions, so will favor beliefs which lead to higher quality predictions. Belief as optimization.
Which value is represented by statements such as there is no truth, truth is unknowable, we make our own reality?
Edit: Grateful for chance to articulate my own heuristics. Decided to add third category. All the stuff people do and say just to get thru their days. Knowingly or not, sincerely or not. Social graces, agreeability, cooperation in the form of habits, idioms, norms, and culture. Belief as social cognition.
Re:Beware of Being “Right”
by sgillen on Saturday July 11, 2020 @03:21PM
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Not incompatible to view belief as an optimization while also realizing our measurement of the truth function is biased and noisy (with everyone measuring getting different biases).
Some prefer actionable predictions, so will favor beliefs which lead to higher quality predictions. Belief as optimization.
Which value is represented by statements such as there is no truth, truth is unknowable, we make our own reality?
Edit: Grateful for chance to articulate my own heuristics. Decided to add third category. All the stuff people do and say just to get thru their days. Knowingly or not, sincerely or not. Social graces, agreeability, cooperation in the form of habits, idioms, norms, and culture. Belief as social cognition.