It seems to me like you’re creating an artificial dichotomy between the value of truth itself and the material relevancy of truth. To me, these ideas are rather coupled together, and I would up-vote your first post for the same reason I would up-vote your second post.
In other words, to me, “valuing truth for its own sake” includes valuing truth for its importance, testability, relevance, etc. in other areas.
It seems to me like you’re creating an artificial dichotomy between the value of truth itself and the material relevancy of truth. To me, these ideas are rather coupled together, and I would up-vote your first post for the same reason I would up-vote your second post.
In other words, to me, “valuing truth for its own sake” includes valuing truth for its importance, testability, relevance, etc. in other areas.