truth vs. helpfulness

Sometimes truth is paramount.

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And sometimes, when I’m truthful with myself, I see how I can’t know what is objectively true, and then what feels more important is the “helpfulness” metric.

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Like: is this belief helpful?

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Sometimes I have a thought where I am very attached to how true it is, but can also see clearly how unhelpful, even harmful, that thought is.

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So I make a more helpful version of the thought just out of a desire to be kind to myself.

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I don’t know.

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But I do know.