this an interesting way to think about belief. imagine a mind that is filled only with correctly labeled false beliefs vs a mind that is not capable of holding beliefs correctly labeled as false.https://twitter.com/Plinz/status/1018822330943004678 …
Beliefs are interdependent, and many true beliefs don't have direct evidence to support them. Constructing globally consistent belief system requires conditional inference, using possibly wrong beliefs. Another application involves modeling the possibly false beliefs of others.