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?
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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“Use statistical methods when they help you understand things, but be aware they are often misleading!” is meta-rat.
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“Bayes is the only valid method of reasoning!” is a pathological example of rationalist eternalism.
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