That’s an alternate approach one could take to handling the claim, though I don’t see how it’s less optimizing for appearances or more fixing the issue.
Saying “2+2=5 is a hypothetical claim” instead of “2+2=5 actually” is not a wrong claim optimizing for appearances, the appearances are now decisively stripped. It fixes the issue of making an unjustified claim, doesn’t fix the issue of laboring under a possibly false assumption, living in a counterfactual.
But what operates there is now a mask, lightly and cautiously held (like a venomous snake), not the whole of yourself, and not the core of epistemic lawfulness. A mask without the flaw might fail in maintaining the intended group dynamic. It’s unclear if the same effect can as feasibly occur without leaps of faith.
Saying “if xy=xz then you can also assume y=z. Unless x=0 for some reason, hey x pls fix yourself” also does not seem like a wrong claim optimizing for appearances.
That’s an alternate approach one could take to handling the claim, though I don’t see how it’s less optimizing for appearances or more fixing the issue.
Saying “2+2=5 is a hypothetical claim” instead of “2+2=5 actually” is not a wrong claim optimizing for appearances, the appearances are now decisively stripped. It fixes the issue of making an unjustified claim, doesn’t fix the issue of laboring under a possibly false assumption, living in a counterfactual.
But what operates there is now a mask, lightly and cautiously held (like a venomous snake), not the whole of yourself, and not the core of epistemic lawfulness. A mask without the flaw might fail in maintaining the intended group dynamic. It’s unclear if the same effect can as feasibly occur without leaps of faith.
Saying “if xy=xz then you can also assume y=z. Unless x=0 for some reason, hey x pls fix yourself” also does not seem like a wrong claim optimizing for appearances.