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I don't see how "seeking truth" is "goal-neutral". It is a goal much like any other.
The main thing I feel the urge to say about "seeking truth" is that it usually isn't nature's goal. Nature normally cares about other things a lot more than the truth.
If nature can be said to have goals, it has "seeking truth" in so far that any thing, including ourselves, does.
Perhaps I was too brief. Organisms are goal oriented - or at least they look as though they are. Teleonomy, rather than teleology, technicallly, of course.
Organisms act as though their primary goal is to have grandchildren. Seeking the truth is a proximate goal - and not an especially high-priority one.
Prioritising seeking the truth more highly than having babies would be a bizarre and unnatural thing for any living organism to do. I have no idea why anyone would advocate it - except, perhaps as part of some truth-worshiping religion.