On 15 Feb 2014, at 18:48, meekerdb wrote:
On 2/15/2014 5:17 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
And Sam Harris, in his reply to Dan Dennett in their recent debate
on free will, remarks that he's ".. begun to doubt whether any
smart person retains the ability to change his mind".
I have another theory of intelligence, which is that kids are
intelligent (= can change their mind and learn), and adults are
stupid (= can no more change their minds).
The best defense against becoming stuck with a wrong opinion is
don't make up your mind in the first place.
Unfortunately, this might depend on your early education. We are
culturally and biological "programmed" to look (at least) self-
confident, and that leads sometimes to fake certainty, and some people
are so gifted that they can foll themselves ...
However, this means accepting the burden of acting under uncertainty.
Which is necessary if you search truth, and might be a burden, when
you have to take actual quick decision, like in real life. In real
life, we don't really need certainty, but only some high plausibility
degree. I think.
Bruno
Brent
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