> Well, 99.xxxx% of beliefs are irrational. For
> instance, I believe in the existence of this planet
> called "Jupiter," and that it is really, really big
> and largely composed of gas. I have never actually
> seen Jupiter, but I have read about its existence and
> heard about it from people who I believe are in a
> position to know about such things. My belief in the
> existence of Jupiter, and my ideas about its nature,
> are based entirely on things I have heard from people
> I recognize as authorities. It is no different,
> subjectively, from the attitude of a medieval peasant
> taking the words of a cleric as authoritative.
Given this rather arbitrary definition of "belief", what would be an example of the .xxxx% of beliefs that are rational?
Matt
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