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So treating truth as the highest goal serves your other, even higher goals?
What behaviors are encapsulated by the statement that you're treating truth as the highest goal, and why can't you just execute those behaviors anyway?
Truth is the highest goal; being 'right' is a lower goal; improving a career in physics is the lowest goal.
Seeking truth is opposed to being 'right', but aligned with the career in physics.