(February 17, 2021 at 1:57 pm)Angrboda Wrote:(February 17, 2021 at 11:52 am)Five Wrote: In what ways did the false belief hurt me? Is the bare truth and reality always better/inherently good(in a wellbeing sense)?
True propositions generally have greater instrumental utility than false ones.
Many psychologists have argued that fitness beats truth; that what works is generally more useful than what is correct, and our brains are adapted for it.