you know instrumental convergence, the "paperclip maximizers will wipe out life on earth" idea? its corollary in your life is that if you pick any goal at all and pursue it at full effort, you will necessarily improve yourself in endless ways and be well prepared to switch goals
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That's generally the case for people as well.
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Maybe that’s what cognitive dissonance is? “Well it would be a lot of work to integrate this new information and change all our perceptions about the world, it’s a lot easier to just invent a reason to dismiss it as bullshit.”?
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