Yes, I think I still have these concerns; if I had extreme cognitive biases all along, then I would want them removed even if it didn’t improve my understanding of the world. It feels similar to if you told me that I’d lived my whole life in a (pleasant) dreamlike fog, and I had the opportunity to wake up. Perhaps this is the same instinct that motivates meditation? I’m not sure.
Yes, I think I still have these concerns; if I had extreme cognitive biases all along, then I would want them removed even if it didn’t improve my understanding of the world. It feels similar to if you told me that I’d lived my whole life in a (pleasant) dreamlike fog, and I had the opportunity to wake up. Perhaps this is the same instinct that motivates meditation? I’m not sure.