Nick_Tarleton comments on You're Entitled to Arguments, But Not (That Particular) Proof - Less Wrong

57 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 15 February 2010 07:58AM

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Comment author: whpearson 15 February 2010 12:13:44PM 1 point [-]

A question, at what probability level should you go around saying "I believe in X"?

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 15 February 2010 06:35:23PM *  7 points [-]

If you don't care about being honest, you should say it when it wins to do so.

If you do care about being honest, you should say it when doing so helps give the person you're communicating with an accurate estimate of your epistemic state.