But the value of a true idea versus a false idea comes only in the implementation. And even a false idea may lead to valuable outcomes when combined with other ideas. It may even do so more efficiently. If I have the idea that the answer to every math question is 42, the idea is false, but if I’m tested on the cube root of 74088, my idea has value. That’s something of an absurdity, but my point is that most ideas are not views of objective truth, but colored by other personal ideas and values, and that a self-consistent system of values is more impressive to me than a system consistent with mere reality.