actually finding out you were deceived or wrong has major emotional costs - a sense of betrayal, shame, the beckoning horror of chaos
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the meager rewards of insight and humility are hardly a match - rational utility maximizers should often choose to stay deceived
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yeah I'm into truth but only for the berserker signaling value
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AMONG OUR CHIEF WEAPONRY are apathy,
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I like the idea of a high-risk cohort for memetic mutation & infection
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yes I am attracted to the idea of the smart people being the peculiar masochists
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self flagellation by the truly devout
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I like the poetic notion of "strong views, loosely held" or something like that.
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I agree. I'm a fan of Robert Sapolsky on what makes humans unique: https://www.ted.com/talks/robert_sapolsky_the_uniqueness_of_humans … (you might enjoy)
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