Re: faith
Posted by
Curt McNamara on
Sep 21, 2012; 4:21am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Faith-tp7580633p7580658.html
I had been nicely ignoring this thread in the belief (faith?) that it would go away without affecting me. Alas, the need for a distraction from grading has drawn me back into its basin of (strange) attraction.
Faith: that the other drivers will stay on their side of the road. I don't have to track every one exactly.
Action based on belief: ref. William Powers: Behavior, the Control of Perception.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual_control_theoryFaith or belief: my mental models of the world will still be true tomorrow. These models have been built over time by hypothesis, testing, and adjustment (toddler and stairs example).
Curt
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