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Does anyone know why Huck does what he does? I'm looking for examples of belief driven characters in fiction. How belief drives a character to action. Are there any meaty eassay's, Web-sites, or refrence books regarding fictional characters and how their beliefs drive ther actions.

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Sorry to be slow responding! Robin, I agree that these discrepancies exist. But aren't they usually considered as cases of self-deception or cognitive dissonance? People still think they believe what they claim to. (Admittedly this gets into some slippery philosophical distinctions.) My e-zombies were meant to have Overcome Bias and to be free of self-deception, but still to act similarly to self-deceived humans.

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