From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sun Sep 01 2002 - 00:50:31 MDT
At 10:47 PM 8/31/02 -0700, Lee wrote:
> >a belief is
>> a conviction derived from confidence in another person's report
>> unsubstantiated in one's own direct experience.
>Hmm. That's a mighty narrow use of "belief".
I know, sorry, but it seemed like a handy quick&dirty gesture in the right
direction.
>Often, you know,
>belief is actually built in by the genes. We have some numeracy,
>some 3D beliefs (I think), and some social beliefs (e.g., the
>hardware primed to detect cheating in others).
Those are not *beliefs*, they're pre-programmed and testable *theories*.
Damien Broderick
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