Hendrik_Boom comments on Qualitatively Confused - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Hendrik_Boom 18 March 2008 02:35:54PM 4 points [-]

There's a long story at the then of The Mind's Eye (or is it The Mind's I? in which someone asks a question:

"What colour is this book.?"

"I believe it's red."

"Wrong"

There follows a wonderfully convoluted dialogue. The point seems to be that someone who believes the book is red would say "It's red," rather than "I believe it's red."