So what's the point of all this? Well, I was reading @mattyglesias' post on all this, mostly nodding along, when I got to this spot, which started my red sirens flashing.
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So what's the point of all this? Well, I was reading @mattyglesias' post on all this, mostly nodding along, when I got to this spot, which started my red sirens flashing.
https://www.slowboring.com/p/slate-star-codex …pic.twitter.com/3unV5cDeo4
I agree that, in general, people are often carried along by peer pressure to suppress or ignore certain points & focus on others. Groupthink is real. Lots of people lack the confidence or thick skin necessary to tack against their peers. Granted. HOWEVER.
Among the class of people most likely to deem themselves "rationalists," being "impolite" is not a deterrent, it's often the reward. Telling a bunch of people they're wrong & dumb -- especially the people who have made the rationalists feel emotionally illiterate -- feels good.
In fact, lots of self-styled rationalists view being smarter than the masses, above them, as core to their identity. They're not sheeple. They think independently. They LOVE telling all the smug swells who made them feel awkward in HS that *actually*, they're the dumb ones!
IOW, the people most likely to identify as rationalists need the *least* encouragement to be impolite. If anything, the goal of being impolite often subsumes & distorts their reasoning ability! They love that shit, just them & their rational friends mocking the deluded masses.
(I am deliberately not using any names here, so as not to get pulled into dumb fights, but I suspect everyone reading can name one or two of these folks right off the top of their head.)
So I would take a different turn than Matt took. I would say, if you are the kind of person who aspires to be rational, or who self-identifies as rational, the main danger you need to watch out for is not politesse but *self-deception*.
People conspicuously proud of their rationality (and often, at a subconscious level, angered & ashamed by their emotional illiteracy) are some of the people *most likely* to ignore their own logical leaps, fallacies, & inconsistencies -- most likely to self-deceive.
So if you are attracted to rationalism (as I am!), your primary obligation is not rudeness or insensitivity to group dynamics (you probably already have that covered) but ***humility***. You should be aware, at all times, that you too are probably falling short of True Reason.
You should read some more SSC. @slatestarcodex's intellectual humility and dedication to the "principle of charity" is one of his most distinctive attributes.
Pfft Right, the whole "fine line between feminism and Voldemort" thing was dripping with charity
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