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The rationalist stance may actually be an impediment to this grokking. Indeed, extreme rationalism can feel stilted. A Hyper Rationalist isn't exactly known for being good at dancing, art, music, or sex. Anything that require flow and feeling for what's "right" in the moment.

This is because the rationalist stance habitually places the self outside the story as an external observer. (Vice versa, marginalized individuals like shy nerds tend to have an advantage when adopting the rationalist stance)

While this seems to keep the surface area of the ego small due to a refusal to take a non-neutral perspective by entering a story, it's actually quite large. It's the story of Never Being Part of the Story.

This story vaccinates against the signal "You are a story!" and so often finds itself stuck within the confines of logical determinism. Within the fully rationalist ego, thinking about things is just as good as actually doing things.

No one is actually fully rationalist however. One of the main "abstraction leaks" is with their relationships with women. (The rationalist trap is predominantly a masculine trap)

"Never Being Part of the Story" is a very useful stance to feel superior to all the other stories EXCEPT for this ONE thing. Pick-up artist culture is a logical extension and often can work for a while until it breaks down.

This is because there are 2 main energies in relationships. They are: "I want you to be part of my story." "I want to be part of your story." If the mechanism of story isn't understood, the vibe will ALWAYS be off or buried under layers of fakeness & performance.

Notice how similar "Self as Story" and "Never Part of the Story" are. They are both nihilistic. But there's a BIG difference.