juliawise comments on Curiosity checklist: Looking for feedback - Less Wrong

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Comment author: juliawise 20 April 2012 09:32:57PM 2 points [-]

Is there a good reason we use "I desire to believe" rather than the more normal-sounding "I want to believe"? I understand it was originally done as a parody of religious creeds, but why are we still doing it?