Belief as attire

A belief promoted by identification with a group or other signaling concerns, not by how well it reflects the territory. An improper belief.

Blog posts

• Belief as Attire
• Science as Attire
• Guessing the Teacher's Password

External Links

• Are Beliefs Like Clothes? by Robin Hanson

See also

• Signaling
• Making beliefs pay rent
• Belief in belief
• Improper belief
• Applause light
• Semantic stopsign