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#632 Dario Maestripieri: Human Nature, Individual Differences, Knowledge, and Consilience

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What Are the Costs of Knowledge and Ignorance?

The human mind does not relate to knowledge and truth the way the body relates to sugar. Some situations, yes, knowledge is useful, important. It has an adaptive value. In others, not necessarily. So there's a saying ino ignorance is bliss. And talking about costs and benefits, what are the costs and ben s of knowledge and ignorance? Ah, so, ahwhawhat makes te difference, for example, is whether thi knowledge that we acquire helps us survive or reproduce.

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