A few truths react very sharply to being disbelieved, like law of gravity. Instantaneous response to attempted transgressions, aka “falsification by splat” But most are like overeating and chronic stress, gradually adding the equivalent of weight and arterial cholesterol.
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This kind of truth arbitrage, done systematically and at scale, with particular use of longer-than-lifespan falsification half-lives, is the essence of effective subjective reality construction. Aka escaped realities for fun and profit. It’s not just okay, it’s essential.
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We are naturally excellent at this out of the womb. We do it almost unconsciously. It’s hard *not* to do it. You have to go on vipassana retreats in Burma and stuff to learn how not to do it. This is a good thing.
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Only major western philosopher I know of who’s come close to this sort of position is William James afaik. His flavor of pragmatic epistemology is closest to my own I think. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic_theory_of_truth#James …
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Committing yourself to dying in one year is a remarkably ... *focusing* life choice.
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