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Single Idea 22664

[catalogued under 3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth]

Full Idea

I find that I do not mind at all the thought that I have some false beliefs (of US state capitals), and there are many truths I do not care to know at all (total grains of sand on the beach).

Gist of Idea

I do not care if my trivial beliefs are false, and I have no interest in many truths

Source

Robert Nozick (The Nature of Rationality [1993], p.67)

A Reaction

A useful corrective to anyone who blindly asserts that truth is the supreme human value. I would still be annoyed if someone taught me lies about these two types of truth.

Book Reference

Nozick,Robert: 'The Nature of Rationality' [Princeton 1995], p.67