drethelin comments on Aliveness in Training - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drethelin 31 October 2013 05:14:40AM 2 points [-]

A belief in the invisible garage dragon pays no rent: You don't anticipate anything. A belief that you can disarm someone holding a gun on you pays rent: You anticipate that if someone aims a gun at you, you'll be fine. A belief paying rent is not in principle relevant to whether or not it's true, though it does open it up to falsification.