I'm not sure if you're pointing out that being in a community that values truth promotes truth-seeking, or missing this.
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Like, you seem to say that it "produces more usefully true thoughts", but also say you "see no interest" in exploring ways to change motives
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...as if the whole project of constructing a community with relevant norms wasn't one big attempt at that.
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A place where you will be savagely yelled at for making a misleading graph, and attractive people want to date you because (continued)
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you are so good at admitting when you are wrong is a place where those "base motives" are more likely to be working in your favor.
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There's a really boring sense in which you can never do anything for virtuous motives because of the is-ought dichotomy. But if you start...
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...with even a slight desire for virtue, there are lots of ways to magnify it effectively.
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Yup, this. Ppl are constantly giving appreciation for good epistemic practices (like acknowledging error), bc social incentives are so key
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e.g., this just happened yesterday - someone changed her mind publicly about a criticism, and people wrote stuff like this:pic.twitter.com/yJnOOQ9tNE
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That was also the example I was thinking of for "savagely yelled at for making a misleading graph".
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It is also true that part of what first attracted me to my bf was that he thoughtfully changed his mind in a heated debate on his blog :)
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