michael_nielsen

Seeking true views on global issues is kinda like voting - maybe not worth cost to you personally, but we all lose if ppl think that way

So: Truth is worth cost to you if you can use it to better impact world. If not, it's still a noble act of societal cooperation, like voting

I think you're over-rating accuracy / truth as a primary goal.

I think it's hard to quantify importance, I'm just claiming it IS important (and underrated in general, I guess)

Sure. But I think there's a tension, too, between behaviours which maximize accuracy & which maximize creativity. Can't always have both.

I think there are big gains to accuracy that cost little creativity. Even just "Be interested in whether you're wrong" is a huge step up

As an individual I expect I'd mostly agree. But collectively I'd probably disagree. A lot of important truths come from v. irrational ppl.

Michael, do you have examples of truths arrived at through irrationality?