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by stochastastic 2459 days ago
This sounds like how I used to think. A question from a mentor of mine: what does being right accomplish?
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> what does being right accomplish?

Not being wrong.

Which is often bad, sometimes very bad, like "you're dead" bad or "you killed somebody else" bad.

Being right is just like epidemic prevention or vaccines: if they work, you don't even notice.