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Whatever will produce the better result.
Remember that the instrumental litany I proposed is, "If believing X will get me Y and I wish Y, then I wish to believe X." If believing I'll get a hole in one won't get me a good golf score, and I want to get a good score, then I wouldn't want to believe it.