Yeah, it's a bit similar to growth mindset. Is it rational to believe in growth mindset if you know that believing in it with probability 100% makes it work with probability 50%? :-) I guess it only works if you're good at compartmentalizing, which is itself an error by LW standards.
I think, it's also similar to Newcomb's Problem, but I'm failing to think of a 1:1 mapping from what you say to it.
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