I'm not even sure I know to what that would apply. I suspect that anything I feel to be a deeply held belief is likely to be a value judgment of some sort, like "in general, it's a good idea to be nice to people." I guess I would theoretically change that belief if it were brought to my attention that acting on it has demonstrably overall negative results, but for that kind of thing it seems unlikely that high-quality evidence would even be possible to obtain.
Perhaps anyone on the list who knows me reasonably well (I think there are a few) might care to suggest some things that seem likely to them? It seems to me now that perhaps you are asking about things that people take on faith, in that evidence is explicitly irrelevant to their position, and on which evidence later causes them to abandon that faith, in that they decided that evidence is more important than believing whatever it is. Yes/no/maybe? On Tue, 2024-04-30 at 06:56 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Mon, Apr 29, 2024 at 6:34 PM Jeremy Bornstein <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I think the answer to this is "anything, depending on the quality > > of the evidence." What other answer is reasonable? > > > > I think the important trick is not to let one's own biases > > interfere too much with one's ability to judge the quality of the > > evidence. > > > > > I agree with you, of course. In principle (of course!) - but I am > curious if you have any examples from your personal experience where > you have changed *deeply held* beliefs based on data. > > Udhay > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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