#rationality #epistemology
# [[Epistemic status]]
#shower-thought
# Belief
> You will think me difficult, but I do not have any need for belief.
> I subscribe only to The Truth. And this Truth comes by way of a nuanced and uncompromising exploration of my experiences. I have no interest in resorting to "opinion" or "belief." Either I know or I do not know. If I know, I know. If I do not know, I explore and I experiment until I know.
> ~ [[Kapil Gupta - Direct Truth - Uncompromising - Non-Prescriptive Truths to the Enduring Questions of Life|Kapil Gupta]]
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>You are never entitled to your opinion. Ever! You are not even
> entitled to "I don't know." You are entitled to your desires, and
> sometimes to your choices. You might own a choice, and if you
> can choose your preferences, you may have the right to do so. But
> your beliefs are not about you; beliefs are about the world. Your
> beliefs should be your best available estimate of the way things
> are; anything else is a lie.
> ~ [[Robin Hanson]]
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>False beliefs can be difficult to eliminate, and how false beliefs combined with our more primitive emotions are a threat to our long-term survival.
>~ [[Jeff Hawkins]]
## [[mullikine]]
![[Screenshot 2022-06-19 at 09.26.35.png]]
https://mullikine.github.io/posts/a-model-of-morality/