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Why is Truth Good? (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard, with William Eliot)

Minds Almost Meeting

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Isn't It a Romantic Thing to Believe in a Fact Before the Fact Can Come?

Clifford: Isn't it kind of almost a romantic thing to appreciate the world as it is rather than as a misty-eyed view would say it's so we recorded a podcast recently on James criticizing Clifford where James offers exactly the opposite argument of how you'll need to romantically believe in things to make them happen. "I find what could be sadder than not looking at the truth and instead having some kind of fantasy about a magical line running through the wand for example"

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