Plasmon comments on I believe it's doublethink - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Plasmon 22 February 2012 09:55:37AM 4 points [-]

The curious case is when someone says "I believe X". This can be meant a few ways:

The Dutch language has different verbs for "I think X, and X is an objective belief" (case "I believe that my friend Bob's eyes are hazel") and for "I think X, and X is a subjective belief" (case "I believe she is attractive").