The Flexibility of Beliefs

When one of our beliefs is apparently falsified, it doesn't mean that that's the belief we have to give up straightforwardly. So what you're saying is that we don't hold beliefs in isolation. They're all interconnected. Then the question is on what basis do we decide which ones to hold onto and which ones to give up? You put the thing so much better than I did. We do have this choice. And indeed there are large questions about what beliefs we should give up. But I want to talk about the way in which because of this flexibility of which our holistic system gives people the chance to defend any belief they like.