TheAncientGeek comments on Making Beliefs Pay Rent (in Anticipated Experiences) - Less Wrong

110 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 28 July 2007 10:59PM

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Comment author: JohnEPaton 30 July 2012 05:34:22AM 0 points [-]

If a belief turns deadbeat, evict it.

This might be challenging because our beliefs tend to shape the world we live in thus masking their error. Does anyone have any practical tips for discovering erroneous beliefs?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 22 February 2015 06:29:59PM *  0 points [-]

If a belief encapsulates a value, if it's about how you want the world to be, why shouldn't it shape the world, and why should you evict in?