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Decius comments on Falsifiable and non-Falsifiable Ideas - Less Wrong Discussion

-1 Post author: shaih 19 February 2013 02:24AM

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Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 19 February 2013 05:05:34AM *  6 points [-]

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?

Comment author: Decius 19 February 2013 07:39:02AM 0 points [-]

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.