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Don't agree with your framing on the dividing line. I think the real difference is between groups that treat truth seeking as the end goal vs. those who treat t
by 121789 3y ago
Don't agree with your framing on the dividing line. I think the real difference is between groups that treat truth seeking as the end goal vs. those who treat truth seeking as a means to action. These two groups are in constant tension with each other. The first group will always bias towards low uncertainty but will often be paralyzed with inaction. The second group will bias towards action, but will risk choosing the wrong action. Both groups are valuable but often conflict
- advael 3y agoKnowledge-seeking versus goal-orientation honestly doesn't map one-to-one here, though it's probably correlated. Like I would say that is a better distinction between engineers and scientists than between both and good salespeople or politicians. Goal-oriented people can trust specificity more and knowledge-seeking people sometimes trust confidence. I think at the absolute extremes these map pretty well, but much of the middle is more complicated.