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That's because the gas station owner still believes in the value of the dollar. But if all of you stopped believing in it...
Right, but if I had an effect that depended on massed belief, I'd be pretty sure that existed too.
Say, Discworld-style gods.
(Things that depend on individual belief generally have a low enough prior that I'm probably dreaming/hallucinating, and also I can't tell myself to stop believing in things so whatever it is I think I'm doing it's not "not believing in X".)