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That was beautiful. Thanks for sharing. > Anyone who wants seriously to look at this problem needs to grapple with the following: preferring one's beliefs to c
by guerrilla 5y ago
That was beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
> Anyone who wants seriously to look at this problem needs to grapple with the following: preferring one's beliefs to counterevidence is not just a property of "crazy/stupid people", but of humans in general, including oneself and everyone on one's own side. This is a difficult fact to face, and to the extent one can face it, I think it changes everything. Even if one makes the smallest beginning at doing so, it already starts to change everything.
I wonder if this isn't just thermodynamic in a sense. It might take a lot more energy to change a belief or network of them than not doing so.
- adolph 5y ago> It might take a lot more energy to change a belief or network of them than not doing so. What an interesting thought. Say a belief, a set of brain neuro-electrical structures of impression memories coupled with theory framework, could be quantified so the effort required to change the belief could be established. Like to lose belief in gravity and naturally think relativistically would cost X energy.