| 2006-11-19 11:01:19
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| 11:01:19 | Sat | * Sat welcomes WW with a cuff to his ear. |
| 11:01:33 | Sat | * Sat is back (gone 00:44:21) |
| 11:01:33 | WW | hey Sat |
| 11:01:51 | Sat | howdy |
| 11:02:17 | WW | I'm thinking about using this for an avatar in SL: http://www.neurorat.com/images/BrainInJar.jpg |
| 11:03:16 | LuciferAFK | LuciferAFK is now known as Lucifer |
| 11:03:30 | Lucifer | ahoy |
| 11:03:45 | Lucifer | Welcome to the weekly chat |
| 11:03:57 | Lucifer | Today's topic is model agnosticism |
| 11:04:29 | Lucifer | The topic was motivated by a discussion I had with Sat a couple days ago |
| 11:04:42 | Lucifer | about the views advocated by the (soon to be late) Robert Anton Wilson |
| 11:05:20 | Lucifer | I said that I didn't think it was possible to switch beliefs just by willing it |
| 11:05:39 | Lucifer | You can pretend to believe, but that is different |
| 11:05:49 | Lucifer | no matter how good an actor you are |
| 11:06:13 | Lucifer | But Sat said there are techniques for temporarily adopting different beliefs |
| 11:06:20 | Lucifer | and that is what I wish to discuss today |
| 11:06:43 | Lucifer | the merits of adopting different belief systems |
| 11:06:51 | Lucifer | and the methods for doing so |
| 11:06:57 | WW | that's what makes empathy possible isn't it? |
| 11:07:22 | Lucifer | I'm not sure what you mean |
| 11:07:58 | WW | neither am I |
| 11:08:06 | Lucifer | it would certainly help empathy |
| 11:08:14 | WW | waiting for coffee to kick in |
| 11:08:17 | Lucifer | I don't think it is necessary though |
| 11:08:30 | Lucifer | so it that sense it doesn't "make it possible" |
| 11:08:43 | WW | agreed |
| 11:10:04 | Sat | I have found that any belief can be adopted if you let yourself adopt it. Suspending disbelief is helpful. As it adopting peers who hold that belief. |
| 11:10:04 | WW | what are Sat's techniques for temporarily adopting different beliefs |
| 11:10:05 | SecondLife | [tower] Lucifer Darrow: avast |
| 11:11:01 | Sat | Well one technique is looking at something through different belief systems and not attaching a final belief to it. Best done with wierd shit like coincedences. |
