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... belief underpins desire and intention, and that belief can be wrong...

Dramatic irony occurs in any story in which the audience or some characters realize they know more than others. From the start of the Odyssey, we know more than any of the mortal characters.

--- Brian Boyd, On the Origins of Stories.

When we see a situation with conflicting desires DxD we should (re-)construct beliefs B and a functor from beliefs to desires B->DxD.