Brief reminder the VERY 1ST THING in Harry Potter & Methods of Rationality is creepy & sexist (Lily makes Petunia pretty, changes history)
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Well first off, "rationalism" is a philosophical school that isn't really related to LessWrong type folks
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Rationalism was historically opposed to empiricism, which is what LessWrong, etc. theoretically affiliate with
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I'm assuming you're talking about "people who talk about rationality as the highest good"
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My strong impression is that the problem with them is that they are trying to assert an objective truth >
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> which they've arrived at through methods other than actual empirical scientific study
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Like, if you want to see what real, responsible commitment to empiricism looks like, read Bruno Latour
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Latour rips into postmodern social theory like they do, but his overall point is that you can't claim >
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"empiricism" when you're applying frameworks that you didn't actually get from properly-done science
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So anyway, like,
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