A rational person relies on well-trained feelings about their thoughts, an irrational person relies on well-trained thoughts about their feelings. Many rationalists are sincerely trying to be deeply irrational people, which makes them adorable.
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Replying to @Plinz
Why do some rationalists try to be irrational? Why is it adorable? Is it good, indifferent, or bad?
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Replying to @DoqxaScott
Some people have poor access to their emotions, and unreliable intuitions as a result, so instead they cultivate analytic thinking. Using thoughts to control emotion is a sign of poor integration; in a person with intact emotional regulation, it's a sign of irrationality.
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