But I think a major part of it has to be that ignorance heals better than confusion when placed in a bigger pool of evidence. Do you agree? Do you think “lies” are worse than “secrets”, and if so, why?
I certainly prefer secrets to lies. In most cases I have all the information I require and more, and when I don’t, I tend to trust my ability to acquire it by means fair or foul. However, a few faulty pieces of information can cause all sorts of unpredictable impact on reasoning. This either leads to confusion, restarting from scratch or in some cases drastically poor decisions.
I suspect another part of my distaste for lies is that most lies tend to involve people. I hate being lied about so instinctively advocate the ‘punish defectors and also somewhat punish those who do not punish defectors’ strategy.
I certainly prefer secrets to lies. In most cases I have all the information I require and more, and when I don’t, I tend to trust my ability to acquire it by means fair or foul. However, a few faulty pieces of information can cause all sorts of unpredictable impact on reasoning. This either leads to confusion, restarting from scratch or in some cases drastically poor decisions.
I suspect another part of my distaste for lies is that most lies tend to involve people. I hate being lied about so instinctively advocate the ‘punish defectors and also somewhat punish those who do not punish defectors’ strategy.