Belief

Belief is assumed pattern. It is the provisional acceptance of structure before full verification. Belief holds that something fits within a coherent system, even if its coherence has not yet been confirmed.

In practice, most human knowledge is belief:

• Belief in perception

• Belief in memory

• Belief in time and continuity

To live is to operate within beliefs. But to reason is to refine them. Belief is not disqualified by its provisional nature—it is disqualified when it resists correction.

When a belief conflicts with logic or verified pattern, it must be revised or rejected. This is not relativism. This is structural alignment. To change belief in the face of contradiction is not failure—it is intellectual integrity.

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