There’s a long thread about how “meta-rationality” relates to that post of EY’s, and others, starting athttps://meaningness.com/fluidity-preview/comments#comment-1738 …
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Replying to @Meaningness @chairbender and
Why do you keep making strong claims about what rationalists/LW believe when by your own admission you're not familiar with many core texts?
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Replying to @GrumplessGrinch @chairbender and
Which particular claim(s) do you object to? (N.b. also by “rationalists” I do not specifically mean the LW-associated community, although >
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Replying to @Meaningness @GrumplessGrinch and
> (despite diversity within that community) my impression is LW folks mainly do fit in the category
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Replying to @Meaningness @chairbender and
Lesswrong and its diaspora *are* the rationalist community. Like, what non-LW-associated rationalist are you thinking of?
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Replying to @GrumplessGrinch @chairbender and
This comment and its reply from me (right below) may clarify that:https://meaningness.com/eggplant/remodeling/comments#comment-1851 …
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David, is it possible that LW is actually “meta-r” by your definition, even though it uses “r” to label itself?
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Replying to @KevinSimler @Meaningness and
If you cite Scott/Sarah as not especially “r-ists,” I think you could be charitable and assume the whole lot is (or aspires to) their level.
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Well, that would be charitable, but would it be true? :)
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Scott holds the rationalist mandate of heaven, Kevin's not wrong.
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He succeeded to the LW throne, and leads it in good directions; hooray! He calls himself a rationalist, but is barely more so than I am.
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Replying to @Meaningness @GrumplessGrinch and
Note that Scott, unlike 2008-era EY, does not promulgate general theories of How To Be Rational. He just reasons well.
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Replying to @Meaningness @GrumplessGrinch and
“Use statistical methods when they help you understand things, but be aware they are often misleading!” is meta-rat.
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