[ExI] The void left by deleting religion

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On 04/05/07, Eliezer S. Yudkowsky <sentience at pobox.com> wrote:

What I miss most myself is comfort, the reassurance that there's a
> higher power watching over you and that everything will turn out all
> right.  But I know I can never have *that* back this side of the dawn,
> and maybe not even then.  That feeling of comfort falls directly under
> the non-negotiable prescription:  That which can be destroyed by the
> truth should be.


You obviously believe that the truth is better than falsehood and you're
probably right. However, it is at least logically possible that widespread
belief in a Noble Lie might have a net positive effect. In that case, is it
still better to destroy the Lie regardless of the consequences?

-- 
Stathis Papaioannou
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