> many people don't seem to actually have beliefs. They have some vague set of heuristics that they use to respond to the world You're right, from what I've un

> many people don't seem to actually have beliefs. They have some vague set of heuristics that they use to respond to the world You're right, from what I've understood. Instead, the humans are first and foremost social animals. Staying friends with the others, is what's important to them -- and one of their main heuristics, is, what do my friends (the others in the tribe) think? And to copy those opinions. > Anything to avoid updating their priors Changing ones believes, can abandoning one's friends? And historically (hunter gatherer tribes), that could mean isolation and extinction