The secret is to make wanting the truth your entire identity, right. If your persona is completely stripped down to just “All I care about is the facts”, then the steps disappear, the obstacles are gone. Tyranosaurus was a scavenger? Okay! And then you walk right up to it without hesitation. The evidence says the killer was someone else? Okay, see you later sir, sorry for the inconvenience, wanna go bowling later now that we’re on a first name basis? And so on. Just you and a straight path to the truth. That is how you become perfect.
I agree with you; the context from earlier in the strip was about reading a study with evidence pointing to T-rexes being a timid scavenger, and then getting transported back in time and seeing a T-rex acting timid.
Subnormality #194
Also from Subnormality: the perils of AI foom.
This seems like a silly identity to have. When does someone who just wants the truth ever act, other than for the purpose of acquiring truth?
Obligatory note so that people don’t get undesired value drift from a particular usage of English.
“Scavenger” is a slippery term. A hyena is a scavenger; that does not mean that a rabbit ought to walk into easy reach of its jaws.
I agree with you; the context from earlier in the strip was about reading a study with evidence pointing to T-rexes being a timid scavenger, and then getting transported back in time and seeing a T-rex acting timid.