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Eliezer Yudkowsky - Evaluate your beliefs first and...

Evaluate your beliefs first and then arrive at your emotions. Let yourself say: "If the iron is hot, I desire to believe it is hot, and if it is cool, I desire to believe it is cool.”. (Eliezer Yudkowsky)

Evaluate your beliefs first and then arrive at your emotions. Let yourself say: "If the iron is hot, I desire to believe it is hot, and if it is cool, I desire to believe it is cool.”.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

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