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Yup. Subsequently for scientists there is a lot of inclination to test this (cost-benefit formula has positive term for disproof because taking money to freeze brains without memories would be unethical) while for pseudoscientists there is a lot of inclination not to test it (cost-benefit formula has negative term for disproof). The agent's approximate utility can be deduced from the actions taken, especially from those concerning collection of information or generation of hypotheses. For the most part, liars do not even possess evidence they are lying, because they never looked for such evidence; that makes them seem more honest to naive people.