
Why is Truth Good? (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard, with William Eliot)
Minds Almost Meeting
How Good Is Your Guide to What You Want Right Now?
I'm kind of surprised that you you put quite a lot of priority on this social film over the top of truth. is what I was about to say which is like the reason more of them was kind of cringing at that question maybe but just a general part of his my thinking is is is constrained by what is true and how resistant should we be to that? "If I specialize in trying to figure out complicated detailed truths in particular areas of the world wherein people are quite inclined to mislead themselves then I have assigned myself a task that includes resisting these pressures," he says.
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