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atucker comments on The function of belief - advice appreciated. - Less Wrong Discussion

1 Post author: Goobahman 25 March 2011 05:28AM

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Comment author: atucker 25 March 2011 10:54:27AM *  3 points [-]

The fact that beliefs are supposed to constrain anticipation is pretty central to LW.

You might want to discuss what belief isn't. Many people use their beliefs for signalling (but if you talk about that, explain what signalling is), but if you do that you get mixed up ideas about what to do. If you don't actually anticipate what your belief claims, its not a belief. That sort of stuff.