Important to note that cooperative ignorance can be really fun and valuable, as with magicians and even scammers/faith healers
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing Pretty different categories. Magicians give you the fun and valuable ignorance without taking your life savings.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @GrumplessGrinch
@GrumplessGrinch medicine and education on the other hand1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@GrumplessGrinch how much should we "allow" people to spend to believe in an impossible dream?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing As much as they want. It's lying to those people in order to extract money from them that I object to.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @GrumplessGrinch
@GrumplessGrinch ok but what if the lie is exactly what they're paying for? on the one hand compensating risk to fraudster of prison etc....2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@GrumplessGrinch on the other, the price is the only believable signal of quality for objectively fake goods/services - self-deception cost
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