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Gleb_Tsipursky comments on Emotional tools for the beginner rationalist - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 09 October 2015 05:01AM

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Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 11 October 2015 10:26:22PM 0 points [-]

Yup, I hear you. I think this is a matter of semantics - I am using the word truth as it is generally understood on Less Wrong, meaning the truth of reality as indicated by concrete sensory experience, the closer to the senses, the better.

Comment author: ChristianKl 11 October 2015 10:54:30PM 0 points [-]

I think the question of whether someone wants to have correct beliefs is quite distinct from whether they believe that reason is a method that's useful for finding the truth.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 12 October 2015 03:34:19AM 0 points [-]

Yes, I agree that these are distinct things.