A couple of thoughts on the post rat sentiment of "who cares about truth, I just want to thrive". On its face there's nothing wrong with refusing to have opinions on things and focusing on personal growth and overcoming trauma and all that stuff. BUT...
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I really liked that post. I'm very on-board with meta-rationality except that I just call it "rationality". Probably because I never went through any nihilistic depression stage wrt understanding the world. And as for meaning, it was CFAR training that helped me think about that.pic.twitter.com/jr7zmefJWP
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But I'm not sure this dual science/mysticism state is what's going on with the post rats I talk about. It's more of a social circle where you get punished for engaging with external-world questions and rewarded for talking about your feelings and your friends.
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