Beliefs
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Eyal: Beliefs should be treated as functional tools rather than truths
“Beliefs are tools, not truths. And so I can have this conviction that is open to revision based on new evidence because it serves me.”
Personal identity should be anchored in core values, not static beliefs
“I think that, for me, an identity is not about what you believe, it's about what you value.”
Michael C. Bush: Technical skills can be trained, but personal beliefs cannot
“You can train someone on technical skills. You can train someone as technology changes, but you can't train somebody on what they believe or what they don't believe.”
Barrett: Intense reactions indicate validated or violated beliefs and warrant a pause
“If you love something, you're reading something, or you're hearing something, and, you know, on the news, maybe, or you're watching a YouTube thing, or whatever, and you love it, That, whatever was just said, validates some deeply held belief that you have. An…”
Kahneman: People adopt beliefs by trusting others, not through objective reasoning
“We believe in things most of the time, not because we have good reasons to believe them. If you ask me for reasons, I'll explain you. I'll always find a reason, but the reasons are not the causes of our beliefs. We have beliefs because mostly we believe in som…”
Historical Superstitious Beliefs Functioned as Substitute Technologies for Social Governance
“You can kind of think about, in part, beliefs as a substitute technology for the sort of physical technologies that we take for granted in the modern world, many of which, as you point out, historically didn't exist. So naturally, they relied more on beliefs a…”
Horowitz: Producing a multi-faith documentary carries significant commercial and social risks
“It's not something that is guaranteed to have commercial success, and it's something that you know, could easily, you know, cause people not to like you, and no, I'm serious.”