Rationality works best as a tool, not as an identity or ideology. It's a good way to check your human stuff to make sure you're not going bonkers, generate ideas, communicate ideas, form common ground, etc.
@slatestarcodex slowly arguing himself out of being a rationalist in real time, I'm rooting for him:https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/06/06/asymmetric-weapons-gone-bad/ …
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Sure. My current stance is pretty close to
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He hasn't yet gotten to the point of questioning assumptions? And the nest of interconnected assumptions that make ideology?
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Well, it feels rude to be too specific about where I think another person is in their development or w/e, but it seems to me that Scott has not yet understood that there is a different thing he can do other than reasoning ever harder and ever more carefully.
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