A physician facing a patient with incurable cancer must decide whether truth (the diagnosis) or utility (patient comfort) takes priority, and Dawkins argues the patient would prefer to know the truth even if painful, representing a commitment to truth over comfort.

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Richard Dawkins

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And what would you What would you Would you want to know? That's irrelevant. No, no. I would I would I would You would want to know. I would want to know.

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Psychedelics, Consciousness, and AI | Richard Dawkins | EP 256Jordan B Peterson
Created: 8/11/2026, 12:23:01 AM

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