thomblake comments on Atheism = Untheism + Antitheism - Less Wrong

86 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 01 July 2009 02:19AM

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Comment author: Vladimir_Nesov 01 July 2009 02:00:06PM 8 points [-]

Beliefs are procedural, you don't need them all written out explicitly. This allows to hold infinite number of beliefs, each of them equipped with a specific level of certainty. I never before thought about the question of what the value of 385+23 is, but I still have a belief that 385+23=408 and also that 385+23 is not 409.

Comment author: thomblake 01 July 2009 04:41:45PM 0 points [-]

I believe that would still be a contentious position in epistemology, but I agree.