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What is the Evolutionary Benefit of Beliefs and How Can Beliefs Best Be Changed?

What is the Evolutionary Benefit of Beliefs and How Can Beliefs Best Be Changed?

Update: 2017-06-05
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From an evolutionary perspective, beliefs and knowledge should be seen as the same thing‚Äîjust on different ends of the spectrum. So in this sense, knowledge can be seen as beliefs where the confidence level is very high. In this regard, we can see how beliefs would help us survive and procreate. It is important to note that the beliefs don’t have to be true; they just need to be conducive to one of those two goals. Positive delusions are a good example from psychology that is an overall go. . . See the complete description at Logically Fallacious
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What is the Evolutionary Benefit of Beliefs and How Can Beliefs Best Be Changed?

What is the Evolutionary Benefit of Beliefs and How Can Beliefs Best Be Changed?