Social Desirability as the Enemy of Truth | Bryan Caplan & Richard Hanania
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Is It Ugly Truths?
The idea that ugly truths exist is very hard for people to admit. People are sort of attractive to something that's, you know, ugly,. as long as it gives them sort of a target to go after. So if you have a lot of power and you don't exercise due diligence, ah, to find outike eo, whether what you're saying, what you're advocating for, or what you're doing, doesn't make any sense then your evil. I mean, i think that's a mine definition of the word 'evil,' right? You want o statistically torture so many people that's going to be good'
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