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You seem to be ignoring a third possibility, which is stating things because they are true, not because of how your statements will be "used".
by mc-lovin 13y ago
You seem to be ignoring a third possibility, which is stating things because they are true, not because of how your statements will be "used".
- jmathai 13y agoValid point. I don't personally care about statements of truth unless they can be used toward some form of improvement. So that's my bias which you might have picked up on.
- mc-lovin 13y agoMy own point of view is that I'm not infallible and therefore it is better to state what I think is true, and let people draw whatever conclusions they like, and take whatever actions they like, based on what I say. I expect on averaging that stating the truth should be beneficial rather than harmful, because people with good intentions will seek to base their arguments and actions on the truth, while people with bad intentions in many cases won't care. So ultimately I also only care about "improvement" but I don't define this in terms of my own ideology, because I could be wrong on many things.