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Steven Kaas
I think the original is instrumentally more useful. On hearing "the road to hell is paved with good intentions", one of my reactions is "I have good intentions, I'd better make sure I'm not on the road to hell". On hearing your version my first reaction is "whew, this doesn't apply to me, only to those people with bad epistemology".
Interesting, my immediate reaction is "oh, I guess I need to seriously work on my epistemology rather than work on having better intentions as such".
I suspect that's a standard reaction to hearing of any cognitive bias.
“Hah, this article nails those assholes perfectly!”
-- some asshole
Or different values to the damner's, which may or may not count as "bad intentions" depending on your semantic preferences.