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_theory

Faith 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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