Very nice. But can you really choose your aliefs? It seems like what you are talking about is closer to "belief-in-belief"?
-
-
Replying to @AndekN
Pascal proposes that you can change your beliefs by force, but I think his argument only applies to aliefs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal's_Wager#Inability_to_believe …
3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @lumenphosphor
I think belief-in-belief isn't simply what you say; there is an emotional component. You really WANT to believe you believe.
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @AndekN @lumenphosphor
@Meaningness talked about "as-if"-beliefs (acting as if your belief was true, b/c if everyone acts as-if, the system works).1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
-
-
which steals the idea from the book I summarized in https://vividness.live/2015/04/04/ritual-vs-mentalism … which
@sarahdoingthing recommended2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
I'm skeptical of their putting Confucius on the ritual team: I read the Analects after this book
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @lumenphosphor @Meaningness and
and he disparages people who go through the motions of rituals without sincerity!
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
That’s interesting! Michael Pettit seems to have been the Confucianist on the team.
1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
Seligman (a rabbi) seems to me to have most of the insight? Not sure…
-
-
Replying to @Meaningness @lumenphosphor and
I was wowed by the book when I read it, although it was very hard going because it’s so disorganized
2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
maybe an artifact of the way it was written - everyone wrote their own versions of each chapter iirc?
2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes - 3 more replies
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.