as coherence rises strength of belief falls. have you ever heard someone describe their acceptance in 2 + 2 = 4 with rabid, militant passion?
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Replying to @danlistensto @Aelkus and
now how about things that must be taken on faith alone?
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or things that are clearly counterfactual but in which you must profess to believe in order to be ingroup, such as the proposition that the Torah has never been edited
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hahahaha I just had a feeling you were gonna go there. a document gains authority not by exposing the identity of the author(s) but rather by concealing it.
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i just stay mad that i'd have to burn so many resources on that one if i wanted to convert. i mean, fuck, you know how many succubi i could whip up with that kind of juice
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Replying to @chaosprime @danlistensto and
i guess i could just lie about it but then what's the point
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does it still count as a lie if you authentically (if temporarily) believe it?
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of course not. just sayin' the number of credulons i'd have to use up on even temporarily believing in that proposition is spectacular
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credulon rationing is a necessary sacrifice in these times of memetic warfare
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tbh i should be building up my reserves better, most days i barely believe in one impossible thing before breakfast, much less six
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Replying to @chaosprime @danlistensto and
Every time we exchange money for goods or services we believe, wholeheartedly, the lie that money is worth anything; you probably have more practice at it than you think!
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Replying to @palecur @chaosprime and
well it's easier with money because I don't have to believe that money is worth anything, I only need the people who exchange me things I do believe are worth things to believe that money is worth something
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