It’s a relief to know you aren’t advocating self-deception, and you may want to choose your phrasing in the post not to give that impression. “Epistemic rationality” means knowing the truth for yourself. Been honest with others is a different virtue.
That said, I think telling the truth almost always does more good than harm, and my policy is to only lie to defend myself or others from violence. In this particular case, I don’t see how the CDC post is going to hurt the average person, since the readers are not average people, but LW community.
It’s a relief to know you aren’t advocating self-deception, and you may want to choose your phrasing in the
post not to give that impression. “Epistemic rationality” means knowing the truth for yourself. Been honest with others is a different virtue.
That said, I think telling the truth almost always does more good than harm, and my policy is to only lie to defend myself or others from violence. In this particular case, I don’t see how the CDC post is going to hurt the average person, since the readers are not average people, but LW community.