alex_zag_al comments on Truth: It's Not That Great - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ChristianKl 05 May 2014 12:42:43AM *  4 points [-]

Edit: For the following clicking agree is supposed to mean that you consider a statement heretical

"Some truths don't matter much." sounds heretical

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"People often have legitimate reasons for not wanting others to have certain truths." sounds heretical

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"The value of truth often has to be weighed against other goals." sounds heretical

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"Information can be perfectly accurate and also worthless." sounds heretical

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"People often have legitimate reasons for not wanting other people to gain access to their private information. " sounds heretical

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"A desire for more information often has to be weighed against other goals." sounds heretical

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Comment author: alex_zag_al 21 May 2014 07:46:40PM *  0 points [-]

The first and third ones, about info sometimes being worthless, just made me think of Vaniver's article on value of information calculations. So, I mean, it sounded very LessWrongy to me, very much the kind of thing you'd hear here.

The second one made me think of nuclear secrets, which made me think of HPMOR. Again, it seems like the kind of thing that this community would recognize the value of.

I think my reactions to these were biased, though, by being told how I was expected to feel about them. I always like to subvert that, and feel a little proud of myself when what I'm reading fails to describe me.