Qiaochu_Yuan comments on How to offend a rationalist (who hasn't thought about it yet): a life lesson - Less Wrong
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Agreed. Many people can act effectively starting from what might be regarded as inconsistent belief systems by compartmentalizing (e.g. religious scientists). There is also an underlying assumption in the post that beliefs are logical statements with truth values that is questionable. Many beliefs are probably "not even wrong."