cousin_it comments on Foma: Beliefs that Cause Themselves to be True - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cousin_it 21 June 2011 03:52:42PM * 1 point [-]

Counterfactuals are fun :-) How do you know that he can believe it? Just because he asserts so? It seems to me that he cannot.

Comment author: benelliott 21 June 2011 04:02:57PM 0 points [-]

Why not? Sure, it would be a false belief, but people are capable of holding those.

Comment author: cousin_it 21 June 2011 04:11:01PM * 0 points [-]

Hm, good point. I guess we can close that loophole by saying something like "Bongo cannot believe this sentence and stay consistent".

Comment author: benelliott 21 June 2011 04:33:03PM 1 point [-]

Or "Bongo doesn't believe this sentence".