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> I highly recommend such a practice as it will allow you to hold multiple conflicting beliefs simultaneously. If two beliefs are mutually conflicting then at
by zeveb 11y ago
> I highly recommend such a practice as it will allow you to hold multiple conflicting beliefs simultaneously.
If two beliefs are mutually conflicting then at least one is wrong. If X^Y is false, then I don't want to believe that X^Y is true. That'd be insane!
- mcphage 11y ago> If two beliefs are mutually conflicting then at least one is wrong. Not necessarily. Since you try bringing math in, then there are other possibilities—both could be consistent with your axioms. The continuum hypothesis is neither "true" nor "false", but rather independent of the axioms of ZFC. You are free to adopt it, or its negation, and proceed from there.
- orasis 11y agoIt may be insane to the typical person, but if you start to objectify the lens that is active, then you can see there are multiple conflicting truths. As an example: Belief 1: The floor I am standing on is real. Of course it is real. I can experience it right now. Belief 2: The floor I am standing on is not real. Of course it is not real. Most materials are empty space and our nervous system generates the experience of solidity. Besides, time doesn't exist as there is only this present experience so there is no container for material things to exist in. I regard both of these as true from different lenses. Is it insane? Maybe. But it also avoids a ton of existential angst.