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i would not. this is not worth your time and i don't recommend that you try it either. you have to wait for them to become desperate enough to notice that rationality isn't doing what they need it to do, there is no substitute for this

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Tyler Alterman

@TylerAlterman

· Sep 15, 2021

How would you rigorously justify the postrationalist mindset from within the framework of the rationalist movement?

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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Sep 15, 2021

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the word "rigorously" in particular - that is already losing too much of the postrationalist spirit, you are already ceding too much memetic ground by pretending that "rigorous" "arguments" are the reason anyone changes their mind about anything this important

noted wife lover srav

@thesravaka

Sep 15, 2021

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i think it's worth keeping in mind that rationalism may well do what they need it to, for some rationalists.

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Sep 15, 2021

yeah true true

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Brother Sanchez

@breaking2morrow

Sep 15, 2021

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Why do pure rationalists struggle so hard accepting the irrational nature of both humanity and reality?

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The English majors are over here in the corner crying

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This, but apply it to convincing anyone to anything they're currently not interested in. There are two ways to do that: offer an alternative that's obviously better in every way than their current solution, or wait for them to become desperate.

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What's your guess of the fraction of self identified rationalists for which "rationality is not doing what they need it to do"?

Trinley Goldenberg

@mattgoldenberg

Sep 15, 2021

95/100 for me.