David_Gerard comments on The Good News of Situationist Psychology - Less Wrong

55 Post author: lukeprog 01 April 2011 07:28PM

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Comment author: David_Gerard 02 April 2011 09:07:33AM *  7 points [-]

An aside: I read this:

but with everybody apparently willing to update their beliefs

-- and my first thought was "No really, I've updated myself."

Luke, you know what belief in belief feels like. How does one practically be sure that one has updated, rather than merely believing one has updated? Particularly when one cares a lot about the answer.

Comment author: wedrifid 02 April 2011 12:53:04PM 5 points [-]

Luke, you know what belief in belief feels like. How does one practically be sure that one has updated, rather than merely believing one has updated? Particularly when one cares a lot about the answer.

You think a different thing than what you remember thinking and, more importantly, what you are on record as thinking.