For the vast majority of true facts, the set of people for whom it's important to know them is empty
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Replying to @literalbanana
Facts for which it's important that a lot of people know them are rarely contested or even brought to conscious reflection
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Replying to @literalbanana
True beliefs of a political nature are important to believe for social reasons, and are likely equalled by socially important untrue beliefs
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@literalbanana “equalled” seems wildly optimistic imo fwiw. i.e. approximately no socially necessary political beliefs are true.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness same, but it's inherently unknowable, like the whole distribution of truth and usefulness in context
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