I have said previously that it is good to accept the truth.
Q: is it good to speak the truth? A:
It is, in the vast majority of cases, bad to lie.
- If you’re, e.g., Oskar Schindler, then this is an exception.
- If the info is an info-hazard, then this is also an exception. For example, if you figured out how to make super powerful nukes / or more terrifying, AGI then you shouldn’t tell anyone. In fact, it is ethically imperative intentionally lead people to form incorrect beliefs about whether you had such knowledge.
But generally lying/misdirection is bad. Basically because it causes ppl to trust you less, and probably lowers your ability to make connections with ppl. Being honest (and generally obeying some deontological rules) has a nice bonus of saving you some compute in performing EV computations.