rationalists should be more comfortable with lying (at least by omission).
I agree; believing p doesn’t mean you have to tell everyone that p. However, this is made more difficult when other people in the car go around saying “not p, not p!” a lot.
I suppose you could attempt a meta-level argument against the social norm against saying “p”, but this is unlikely to be effective against the worry that just saying “p” is bayesian evidence you’re an evil person.
I agree; believing p doesn’t mean you have to tell everyone that p. However, this is made more difficult when other people in the car go around saying “not p, not p!” a lot.
I suppose you could attempt a meta-level argument against the social norm against saying “p”, but this is unlikely to be effective against the worry that just saying “p” is bayesian evidence you’re an evil person.