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| − | * [http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/curiosity.html The Meditation on Curiousity] | + | |
| − | * [http://lesswrong.com/lw/s/belief_in_selfdeception/ Belief in Self-Deception | + | =====Posts by [[Eliezer Yudkowsky]]:===== |
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| + | *[http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/10/curiosity.html The Meditation on Curiousity] | ||
| + | *[http://www.overcomingbias.com/2006/11/why_truth_and.html Why truth? and...] - You have an instrumental motive to care about the truth of your ''beliefs about'' anything you care about. | ||
| + | *[http://lesswrong.com/lw/s/belief_in_selfdeception/ Belief in Self-Deception] - Deceiving yourself is harder than it seems. What looks like a successively adopted false belief may actually be just a [[belief in belief|belief in false belief]]. | ||
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Revision as of 22:44, 25 June 2009
If the box contains a diamond,
I desire to believe that the box contains a diamond;
If the box does not contain a diamond,
I desire to believe that the box does not contain a diamond;
Let me not become attached to beliefs I may not want.
The Litany of Tarski can be stated about any fact. Here's another example:
- If the sky is blue
- I desire to believe "the sky is blue"
- If the sky is not blue
- I desire to believe "the sky is not blue".
See also
Blog posts
Posts by Eliezer Yudkowsky:
- The Meditation on Curiousity
- Why truth? and... - You have an instrumental motive to care about the truth of your beliefs about anything you care about.
- Belief in Self-Deception - Deceiving yourself is harder than it seems. What looks like a successively adopted false belief may actually be just a belief in false belief.
