[extropy-chat] 'a process of non-thinking called faith' 2 (2)

[Colin Geoffrey Hales]

> At 03:47 PM 11/17/2006 -0600, Acy wrote:
>
>>Human children naturally believe most everything their parents tell them.
>

There is a recent version of this in MILLER "Out of Error". He solves the
problem of induction. The key message is, however:

"There is no such thing as rational belief, only belief acquired through a
rational process"

The 'rational process' is called a healthy brain. A healthy brain exposed
to the input A can acquire belief ta. Another healthy brain, with the
right input B, can acquire belief tb, where tb = not-ta. diametrically
oppising views.

i.e. Relentless garbage in, garbage believed. It's how advertising works.
The brain is innately capable of extracting regularity from phenomenal
fields, including indirectly through language. You can;t help it, it
operates subconsciously. It's how science works.

cheers

colin hales