beliefs which do not influence future predictions (ie. ones that can only explain things in retrospect or ones that d...
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disagree and rationalist
agree and rationalist
neither disagree nor agree and not rationalist
neither disagree nor agree and rationalist
agree and not rationalist
disagree and not rationalist
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full prompt: beliefs which do not influence future predictions (ie. ones that can only explain things in retrospect or ones that don't explain anything) are useless
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Ethical beliefs
True beliefs that have no instrumental value but do have terminal value for those that value truth for its own sake
Beliefs that have instrumental value for psychological or social reasons (e.g., satisfying curiosity about a certain topic, bonding with someone through discussion of philosophy)