Minds Almost Meeting

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

Nov 16, 2022

01:15:31

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Evolution - Truth Helps You Not Die

02:13

The Utility Function and the Truth in Life

01:35

The Gravitational Pull

04:40

Introduction

4min

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

5min

Is There Circularity in the Decision Theory?

3min

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

2min

The Isosceles Triad Is a Social Structure

3min

The Utility Function and the Truth in Life

2min

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

3min

Evolution - Truth Helps You Not Die

2min

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

3min

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The Preference Lever Is More Movable Than the Cognitive Lever

3min

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Is Reliability Part of the Definition of Truth?

4min

12.

Is There a Rotation From Predictability to Truth?

2min

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What Is Your Orientation to the Truth?

4min

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Romantic Versus Non-Romantic

2min

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

3min

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A Third Example Is That People Will See Through You

2min

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The Monopoly Game

4min

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The Gravitational Pull

5min

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Are You Loyal to the Truth?

3min

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The Action Ability of a Vote

3min

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

3min

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Is There a Useful Fiction in the Universe?

3min

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The Art of Fiction and the Bible and the Dark Side

3min

24.

The Iliad Is Not for the Guide of Our Life

6min

View the transcript for this episode here: https://mindsalmostmeeting.com/episodes/why-is-truth-good

Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What would they discuss? Would they talk past each other? Make any progress? Would anyone want to hear them? Economist Robin Hanson and philosopher Agnes Callard decided to find out.

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