Status Updates From Deep Learning: How the Mind...

...when faced with an internally consistent belief base {B} and information to the effect that true (P), where {B} and true (P) are dissonant, the mind tends to respond by creating a new belief B′ such that the conjunction of {B} and B′ is consistent with true (P).

If reality does not operate like a clockwork but instead is complex and unpredictable, empirical inductivism cannot be the whole story of learning. Adapting to a turbulent world is not like figuring out how a clock works. It is like playing Meta-Chess. Unlike ordinary chess, when a player moves a piece, he changes not only the location of that piece, but also the rules that control how the pieces move!