I think I’m very nervous about trying to get at “Truth”. I definitely don’t mean to claim that we were confident that this work gets us much closer to truth; more that it can help progress a path of deliberation. The expectation is that it can get us closer to the truth than most other methods, but we’ll still be several steps away.
I imagine that there are many correlated mistakes society is making. It’s really difficult to escape that. I’d love for future research to make attempts here, but I suspect it’s a gigantic challenge, both for research and social reasons. For example, in ancient Egypt, I believe it would have taken some intense deliberation to both realize that the popular religion was false, and also to be allowed to say such.
Thanks for the attention on this point.
I think I’m very nervous about trying to get at “Truth”. I definitely don’t mean to claim that we were confident that this work gets us much closer to truth; more that it can help progress a path of deliberation. The expectation is that it can get us closer to the truth than most other methods, but we’ll still be several steps away.
I imagine that there are many correlated mistakes society is making. It’s really difficult to escape that. I’d love for future research to make attempts here, but I suspect it’s a gigantic challenge, both for research and social reasons. For example, in ancient Egypt, I believe it would have taken some intense deliberation to both realize that the popular religion was false, and also to be allowed to say such.