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

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Introduction

00:00 • 4min

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Do You Accept the Concept of Many Possible Worlds in One Real World?

04:17 • 5min

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Is There Circularity in the Decision Theory?

08:56 • 3min

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What Is the Difference Between a Constructed Truth and a Non-Constructed Truth?

12:07 • 2min

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The Isosceles Triad Is a Social Structure

14:09 • 3min

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The Utility Function and the Truth in Life

17:20 • 2min

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How Good Is Your Guide to What You Want Right Now?

18:55 • 3min

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Evolution - Truth Helps You Not Die

22:16 • 2min

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Evolution's Making You Believe Something That Might Not Be True

24:29 • 3min

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The Preference Lever Is More Movable Than the Cognitive Lever

27:08 • 3min

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Is Reliability Part of the Definition of Truth?

30:17 • 4min

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Is There a Rotation From Predictability to Truth?

34:23 • 2min

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What Is Your Orientation to the Truth?

36:33 • 4min

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Romantic Versus Non-Romantic

40:37 • 2min

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

42:14 • 3min

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A Third Example Is That People Will See Through You

44:52 • 2min

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The Monopoly Game

46:38 • 4min

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The Gravitational Pull

50:49 • 5min

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Are You Loyal to the Truth?

55:29 • 3min

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The Action Ability of a Vote

58:11 • 3min

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The Audience Isn't Smart Enough to Understand the Complex Models

01:00:50 • 3min

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Is There a Useful Fiction in the Universe?

01:03:29 • 3min

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The Art of Fiction and the Bible and the Dark Side

01:06:11 • 3min

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The Iliad Is Not for the Guide of Our Life

01:09:39 • 6min