Comment by WTFInstaBan on Where Recursive Justification Hits Bottom · 2021-04-01T05:25:32.251Z · LW · GW

You have to choose your fights. and I choose to priorities fights with systems that says, "Distrust me when I'm wrong." That's why I'm a Pastsafarian.

Should you trust a paper that the only thing written on it is "You should thrust everything written on this paper"

The answer isn't "Yes" or "No" it's "Mu"

It is the same as if the paper had nothing written on it all.

You shouldn't ask if something trust or false you should ask your self how should I change my believes given this new evidence.

 

If the paper is trustworthy then it's proof it's trustworthy.

 

If the paper is untrustworthy then it's proof that it's untrustworthy. 

 

No matter if the paper is trustworthy or not it won't change your opinions of it