(February 17, 2021 at 2:25 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote:(February 17, 2021 at 1:57 pm)Angrboda Wrote: 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.
A debatable idea, but why would false propositions have better fitness? In general, they shouldn't.