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by Double_Cast 2124 days ago
If the goal is truth, you cultivate a desire to learn to succeed under diverse scenarios. The incentive is success itself. In a particular scenario, Falsehood can offer greater benefit than Truth. But the advantage of Truth, is that it provides your decision-making a robust foundation, even under volatile conditions. "Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked."

If the goal is recognition of bias, you cultivate social-norms which incentivize critique (both in yourself and others). Notice, however, that this begets perverse incentives. I.e. you can fool yourself, "recognize" a billion biases, then applaud yourself for your diligence. You can also invent new biases that don't actually make much difference.