That was hilarious :)
As a factual matter… yes, I think it’s mistaken. It might be a necessary and useful temporary antidote to nihilism, or excessive cynicism.
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A more inclusive worldview would acknowledge that people often are insincere, selfish, mean, stupid, and so forth—but also that everyone can be honest, generous, kind, and open-minded.
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well, it was more about managing my default stance w.r.t modeling others' minds. for practical purposes, where is the greatest harm? false positive sincerity or false negative insincerity? accurate modeling can't be done in general. have to make an assumption initially.
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it was for my own emotional integrity, so it had a practical purpose for a while. I think it's time to adjust my priors again and become tactically cynical. It's probably much too harmful to false positive sincerity when the truth is that they are insincere.
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I don't think you should think of it as cynicism. A good refactor is finite --> infinite game. If your motive in relating to another person is to continue the game rather than win, easier to accommodate imperfections as both sides grow ('slouching towards the utopian marriage')
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