Should irrefutable beliefs be valued according to their truth or their utility?
Here, the condition of irrefutable is necessary since otherwise one would clearly value the beliefs according to their truth considering they can be proven to be true or false.
Irrefutable only means that it cannot be disproved using the data available. — Isaac Shmukler
What is more important, the knowledge of the truth or well-being? — Isaac Shmukler
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