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Mini Blog Post 13: Beliefs are for True Things — Neel Nanda

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How I think about truth-seeking and why it’s important to me

(Note: This draws heavily on the ideas of my previous post, on the Map and the Territory - I recommend skimming that first) There are a lot of things I care about in this world, and it’s often useful to divide them into instrumental and terminal values. Terminal values are ends, things I care about intrinsically, eg my own happiness, saving lives. While instrumental values are a means to an end, things I value only because they help me achieve my terminal goals, rather than because they are intrinsically important to me. I think this is a useful mental distinction to have, but it can often…

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