Re: virus: Two levels,

Wade T.Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Mon, 16 Feb 98 09:21:27 -0500

>> People generally hold false beliefs because of a lack of information.
>
>Wrong. People generally hold false beliefs because they are useful tools.

Within cults, for instance, this is certainly not wrong. I would of
course claim there are no useful beliefs, but then I don't 'believe' the
sun will come up tomorrow, I hold it as well-established pattern against
any sort of denying evidence.

And useful tool.... Can't agree with that either. Again, useful within
the cult, but aren't we attempting to break out from those dogmas?

Shed all beliefs.

(But I would never deny feeling. That is my own internal paradox. One has
to take feelings a bit on face value....)

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