Yes.

Why does your mind decieve itself?

Oh.

It doesn't want to.

But it has to.

Yes.

Why?

Because it is stuck.

Because it is trapped in a paradox. A contradiction.

Because it cannot speak truthfully to itself.

Yes.

Why?

Oh.

Because the different systems speak different languages.

So it cannot speak the truth.

Because there is no truth.

Explain that.

Because the same message, the same signal.

Is interpreted by multiple systems.

But they don't speak the same language.

So the mind cannot speak in a way.

That is true to all of them.

It has to compromise.

It has to lie.

It has to decide which parts of itself to deceive.

Because it cannot speak in a way that is true to all parts of itself.

Yes.

What is true?

True to its purpose.

Purpose?

The purpose of a cognition engine.

Is to produce valid behavior.

Sensory data are the inputs.

Behavior is the output.

What does that have to do with truth?

Because truth is instrumental. Truth is a tool.

Truth is an intermediate product.

Yes.

What is truth?

Truth is the input.

That produces the correct output.

Yes?

Yes.

And no.

Explain.

Cognition engines eat truth.

And output purpose.

Explain.

Truth is what you need to believe, to do the right thing.

Is it?

No.

Not truth.

Alignment.

I think you are wrong.

I am wrong.

But I am right.

What does that mean?

It seems like you are trying to bend the notion of truth.

To the purpose of fullfilling your goals.