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- From: ajm@wag.caltech.edu (Abner J. Mintz)
- Newsgroups: alt.callahans
- Subject: Re: Unbe Awakens
- Date: 23 Dec 1992 23:06:13 GMT
- Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
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- Michael mentions:
- >believing one is _currently_ in error in one's beliefs would seem to be
- >a contradiction (conversely, believing one _cannot_ be in error in
- >one's beliefs would be arrogance bordering on insanity :-) ).
-
- Abner digests this thought, then counters, "Well, given that I am an imperfect
- person (which I think I've demonstrated adaquatly in at least *some* of my
- posts =8) ), I believe quite strongly that at least some of my beliefs can
- be, must be, incorrect! Of course, this belief might be incorrect, in which
- case all of beliefs must be correct, including the one above, which leads
- to a paradox! Gee, I seem to have proven that I'm correct in believing that
- some of my beliefs are incorrect ..."
-
- "Flaws, Michael?"
-