potato comments on Only say 'rational' when you can't eliminate the word - Less Wrong

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Comment author: potato 11 June 2012 12:31:45AM 1 point [-]

"I believe that 'P'." is only deflationary because it treats belief as if it were binary, but it isn't. "I have 0.8 belief in 'P'." is certainly not the same as "It is true that 'P'." Yes? One is a claim about the world, and one is a claim about my model of the world.