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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 16 Dec 2019
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    Let go of your belief that “beliefs” are solid, durable, distinct, continuous, well-defined entities. It is the cause of much misery.pic.twitter.com/fzUP9xNP2J

    12:56 PM - 16 Dec 2019
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      2. Arbutus Tree‏ @aphercotropist 16 Dec 2019
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        Is this letting go of belief in belief, or just letting go of two really bad theories of belief?

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      3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 16 Dec 2019
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        It appears to me that if you investigate it, the category becomes increasingly nebulous. The point is not that “beliefs don’t exist” but that what counts as a belief, and what counts as having a belief, is inherently vague.

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      2. LIRRtraveller‏ @LirRtraveller 16 Dec 2019
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        Have you ever read Mitchell Heisman’s Suicide Note? Just curious.

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      3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 16 Dec 2019
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        I hadn’t come across it; sounds interesting (but is 2000 pages apparently!) What made you think of it?

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      2. Dane Laverty‏ @danehighwind 16 Dec 2019
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        This is a topic I'd like to engage in. Is there a link to the post you've screenshotted here, or is it a work in progress?

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      3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 16 Dec 2019
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        Only in-progress, I’m afraid! Last bit of a chapter on belief in my book-in-progress on meta-rationality.

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      2. mlpianist‏ @mlpianist 24 Dec 2019
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        What does this mean for gaining more and more accurate, informative beliefs? Does this mean we should lower our evidential standards or be less rigorous about our belief-forming processes?

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      3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 24 Dec 2019
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        It means that we can understand things more accurately if we apply a more accurate understanding of believing itself.

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      2. Buster Benson‏ @buster 16 Dec 2019
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        I have been tracking my beliefs in Github for years: https://github.com/busterbenson/public/blob/master/book-of-beliefs.md … They need to be both precise and editable. Tracking how they gain resolution and move is probably more interesting than what they are.

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      3. Dayne Rathbone‏ @DayneRathbone 17 Dec 2019
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        You're one of a kind, Buster!

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