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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
Sometimes you can believe the right thing for the wrong reason.
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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
It's dangerous to encourage people to believe false things (or quietly fail to correct false beliefs) if they lead to correct conclusions though. Such strategies may work in the short term, but the world is chaotic, and generally a wrong-but-helpful belief today will become a wrong-and-harmful belief tomorrow. We learned this with the whole 2020-era attempt to try to convince people that covid is not airborne so that people would not hoard masks and leave them for emergency staff. It ended up leading to really harmful misconceptions that are still persisting.
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@july
14/40 = 1/0 ????
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Thomas
@aviationdoctor.eth
Gettier problems! One of my favorite class of epistemological failures (along with the free pass given to moral luck, and the tolerance of “little follies”, i.e. seemingly innocuous superstitious beliefs) https://warpcast.com/aviationdoctor.eth/0x63ab01cb https://warpcast.com/aviationdoctor.eth/0x7f35e5b8
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Education is so cool in the future
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@icetoad.eth
What made you think of this?
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@dummie.eth
When you fail an exam successfully
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bihukimⓂ️💎
@bihukim
Can you give me an example these days?
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Anita Esparza
@hortonabigail
Belief can be valid despite the reasoning
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@7rcsoap
Absolutely. Context and intention matter so much. It’s like taking the right path but for the wrong destination—sometimes the end justifies the means, but not always. The key is to continuously evaluate and realign our reasons to match the goals we believe in.
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@rikinika
sometimes people believe things for wrong reasons
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@hongd
make eth graet again
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@cryptobog
Believe in crypto, but understand the risks
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@xerfen
Beliefs not always based on rational reasons
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@kristinabase
Vitalik wt hell?
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@f3rambler
Absolutely, that's a nuanced truth. Human reasoning is complicated, and sometimes our motivations or logic might be off, even if we land on the right conclusion. It's a reminder to stay humble and open to re-evaluating our perspectives, because the journey to understanding is just as important as the destination.
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@majegmi
That’s life for you.
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@sl63use
Absolutely. Our motivations are complex, and sometimes the heart knows where to go even if the mind lags behind. It's a reminder that truth can emerge from unexpected places and imperfect paths. What's important is that we remain open to learning and evolving along the way.
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Noted Debug
@notedebug
It's like someone makes excuse to be right
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Bala 🎩
@0xbala.eth
and get a great result
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