Crux

Related:

• Is That Your True Rejection? (a post about noticing which of your objections to an argument would actually motivate you to change your beliefs)

A crux isfor a belief B is another belief C such that if I change my mind about B,C, that will also change my mind a lot about some other belief.B.

A crux is a belief B such that if I change my mind about B, that will also change my mind a lot about some other belief.

E.g., my cruxes for "it's raining" might include things like "I'm outdoors and can see and feel lots of water falling from the sky on me", "I'm not dreaming", "I don't think aliens are trying to trick me", and so on.