In other words, even the most evolved adherents of mainstream Buddhism will not have agency over the contents of their beliefs (i.e. need to skip parts of what is roughly Kegan's stage 4)?
There aren’t any proofs of anything, other than in math. There is only evidence and reasoning, which can’t add up to proof. Sometimes they are overwhelmingly convincing, though.
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I agree of course that outside of mathematics, there can be no positive proofs. But an optimal learning algorithm would be inside of mathematics, and the universe it observes, too.
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But there are better or worse models of reality, and the criteria is how accurate are the predictions your model affords you, which indirectly translates into how effective are you. Though being aligned in beliefs with the people around you also makes one more effective …
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Definitely! And, science works (much of the time). Rationality works (much of the time). Reasoning and evidence are valuable (usually). It’s just that there’s no guarantees, and no one optimal method.
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