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Subject: Re: Uncertainty
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Date: Sun, 1-Jul-84 15:36:00 EDT
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Alan Driscoll - You seem to be using the term "belief" in a way that is 
different from most religious believers.  They are convinced that what they
believe is true.  You, however, seem to be saying: "I know that what I
believe may well be false; I'm just going along with these beliefs as 
hypotheses."  

Rich (& others) have been addressing the issue of belief in the
sense of conviction.  Part of what Rich (along with others) has been saying 
is: "If you don't have proof for your beliefs, why be convinced that they are
true?"  Your reply would seem to be: "Don't be convinced."  And I, for one,
am glad for that.

                                    Daryel Akerlind
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