Eugine_Nier comments on [SEQ RERUN] Mere Messiahs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 13 November 2011 08:17:35PM 1 point [-]

I would argue that the only difference between "belief in belief" and "failure to internalize" is whether the belief in question corresponds to external reality. The state of the brain is exactly the same in both situations.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 14 November 2011 01:54:31AM 1 point [-]

What does external reality have to do with it? Can I not have belief in belief in a proposition that happens to describe reality?