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andrewducker ([personal profile] andrewducker) wrote2009-07-10 02:08 pm

Belief - repost

Question three was borked. Rewritten to actually cover all the bases, and not be internally contradictory. Apologies to the 7 people who already filled it in!

[Poll #1427776]

[identity profile] johncoxon.livejournal.com 2009-07-10 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't be sure that your beliefs are accurate. They're beliefs. Anyone who didn't tick the last option is a) wrong, b) deluded, c) irrational or d) a monkey who can't use a mouse properly. (I might be persuaded to make exceptions for people who ticked the second one, on a case-by-case basis.) The use of the word 'belief' clearly implies irrationality, because beliefs are irrational! Belief in anything is irrational, because the word 'belief' implies, at least to me, that you don't have proof for it.
Edited 2009-07-10 17:47 (UTC)

[identity profile] stevegreen.livejournal.com 2009-07-10 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
You can't be sure that your beliefs are accurate.

Equally, what proof do you have that any of the people responding to this actually exist?

[identity profile] khbrown.livejournal.com 2009-07-11 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
But do we ever have proof for anything? I believe the sun will rise tomorrow, or that gravity will continue to apply tomorrow, but I don't have proof. I do, however, have probability, though that might also be questionable (what if I believe in probability?)