CellBioGuy comments on To what degree do you model people as agents? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CellBioGuy 25 August 2013 08:30:49AM 0 points [-]

That's not what they said. They said that they believe that rudeness is justified in the situation. That belief could change (or could not) upon further reflection. Hence the concept of regret.

Comment author: Document 25 August 2013 08:33:58AM -1 points [-]

Not thinking about a question isn't a belief, or rocks have beliefs.

Comment author: CellBioGuy 25 August 2013 08:39:32AM 0 points [-]

There's a difference between the slow methodical relatively inefficient (in terms of effort required for a decision) mode of thought, and the instant thoughts we all have (which we use for almost everything we do and are pretty good about many things but not all things).

Comment author: Document 25 August 2013 04:43:28PM *  0 points [-]

Although we've gone from "beliefs" to "thought(s)", it looks like overall we're disputing definitions.