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Many, if not most, unorthodox truths can be very important, but don't offer an individual a large payoff when they believe them. For example, it is the middle a
by cubefox 3y ago
Many, if not most, unorthodox truths can be very important, but don't offer an individual a large payoff when they believe them. For example, it is the middle ages, and you believe that witches don't exist. This is both an important truth and offers you approximately zero payoff.
- RandomLensman 3y agoMight have even been a negative payoff if you had pursued it more publicly then.
- cubefox 3y agoYeah, saying unorthodox opinions out loud results in social penalties. That's why examples can't be produced for people who believe unorthodox opinions don't exist.
- immibis 3y agoEveryone electrocutes themselves for 8 hours every day because the society demands it. Cognitohazard warning (a.k.a. depressing read): https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/