Why is comfort truth-maximizing? From Twelve Virtues:
If the iron approaches your face, and you believe it is cool, and it is hot, the Way opposes your calm. Evaluate your beliefs first and then arrive at your emotions.
If the chair is made of barbed wire, does the Way not oppose my comfort in sitting there? I think Hufflepuff Cynicism more or less agrees that screeming is not truth-maximizing (“If you must scream,” says my inner hufflepuff cynic, “do so exactly once!”), but I’m not sure I agree.
Why is comfort truth-maximizing? From Twelve Virtues:
If the chair is made of barbed wire, does the Way not oppose my comfort in sitting there? I think Hufflepuff Cynicism more or less agrees that screeming is not truth-maximizing (“If you must scream,” says my inner hufflepuff cynic, “do so exactly once!”), but I’m not sure I agree.