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everythingisoptional ([personal profile] everythingisoptional) wrote2018-12-05 02:23 pm
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Copy-pasting my better Tumblr posts to this blog - Part 1 of 8

“If x then I want to believe x; if not x then I want to believe not x” does not imply “if x then I want to be reminded that x; if not x then I want to be reminded that not x”.

This is maybe a useful thing to take to heart if, like me, you often find your desire to be epistemically rational in conflict with your desire to not be in a state of horror at the shittiness of the world.