Jonathan_Graehl comments on The Useful Idea of Truth - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 06 October 2012 09:58:43PM *  2 points [-]

Similarly, to say of your own beliefs, that the belief is 'true', just means you're comparing your map of your map, to your map of the territory

I assume this is meant in the spirit of "it's as if you are", not "your brain is computing in these terms". When I anticipate being surprised, I'm not consciously constructing any "my map of my map of ..." concepts. Whether my brain is constructing them under the covers remains to be demonstrated.