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Published · transcript-backedRobin Hanson: belief
28 Feb 2018 Conversations with Tyler Robin Hanson on Signaling and Self-Deception (Live at Mason Econ)
“We think our first priority is to convince you of the facts of these motives, that they really are there, and we thought if we took on a really strong moral tone or connected this to political factions or something, you wouldn’t be persuaded by our arguments.”
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- 28 Feb 2018
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…Not outraged, but scorned. You can imagine a book that had that voice, but we didn’t think that would work so well. We think our first priority is to convince you of the facts of these motives, that they really are there, and we thought if we took on a really strong moral tone or connected this to political factions or something, you wouldn’t be persuaded by our arguments. You would think that we are taking sides in some other battles. So we thought we should take this more neutral stance with respect to the book, and we also thought that we should try to be positive about humans. I have this essay from a long time ago about the cynic’s conundrum. Sure, it’s on your home page.…
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