I think this post is quite good, and gives a heuristic important to modeling the world. If you skipped it because of title + author, you probably have the wrong impression of its contents and should give it a skim. Its main problem is what’s left unsaid.
Some people in the comments reply to it that other people self-deceive, yes, but you should assume good faith. I say—why not assume the truth, and then do what’s prosocial anyways?
I think this post is quite good, and gives a heuristic important to modeling the world. If you skipped it because of title + author, you probably have the wrong impression of its contents and should give it a skim. Its main problem is what’s left unsaid.
Some people in the comments reply to it that other people self-deceive, yes, but you should assume good faith. I say—why not assume the truth, and then do what’s prosocial anyways?
One reason to assume good faith is to stop yourself from justifying your own hidden motives in a conflict:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/e4GBj6jxRZcsHFSvP/assume-bad-faith#Sc6RqbDpurX6hJ8pY