MixedNuts comments on Tendencies in reflective equilibrium - LessWrong
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What? This paragraph just seems broken. If they refuse to take a bet at 1.5:1 odds, they either have an injunction against gambling or don't actually believe there's a 66% chance, which is the entire point of the belief in belief article.
Overall, I find this article pretty weak. Is the point that reflective equilibrium is what seeking consistency looks like in humans? Then why try and knock down consistency, since if you don't seek consistency you have no reason to seek reflective equilibrium?
They don't have a single consistent belief it's 0.66. From each decision they make you can infer a belief, but you'll soon notice it's not consistent, though it may be stable within some conditions. Maybe they always act like it's 0.66 when it's the first bet, but like it's 0.33 when they're offered a second one.