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-13 Post author: Aleksei_Riikonen 11 August 2010 03:20PM

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Comment author: Aleksei_Riikonen 11 August 2010 06:05:46PM 0 points [-]

Not making predictions based on faith-beliefs sounds just perfect for what I had in mind here. Maybe it can be characterized as "Doublethink" or "belief in belief (without the actual belief)", but if so, that's fine.

The goal would not be to use Faith to make predictions, only to psychologically manipulate oneself.

Comment author: orthonormal 11 August 2010 07:42:06PM 5 points [-]

The goal would not be to use Faith to make predictions, only to psychologically manipulate oneself.

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