I would guess that the median postrat is better at math than the median rat Incidentallyhttps://twitter.com/0x49fa98/status/1276139442114375682 …
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Replying to @eigenrobot
I can only go by people I see identifying as "postrat" on the internet, they strike me as overall the least stemful of the lesswrong diaspora
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Replying to @0x49fa98
I think we mostly do that at our day jobs a plurality of the ones I know went to MIT and work in tech as DS or similar but who wants to talk about that shit after work that is our JOBS
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Replying to @eigenrobot
I mean I know you are in tech in some capacity, probably an engineer? Maybe I have the wrong sense of who the postrats are, what, in your opionion, are their schelling points?
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Replying to @0x49fa98
esoteric shitposting, aesthetic theory, dunking on rats, drinking
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Replying to @eigenrobot
OK but is there like, a forum, a blog? Can anyone just call themself a postrat?
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Replying to @0x49fa98
Anyone can call themselves such but not everyone goes to the occasional events There are secret forums, very much not publicly facing, but most work is disseminated through twitter Most read
@Meaningness and@literalbanana and similar (but not@vgr) Mostly it's the friends we2 replies 0 retweets 17 likes -
Replying to @eigenrobot @Meaningness and
hmm, I am starting to suspect that a group of people not connected to less wrong heard the name and thought "post-rational", yeah, we like that, that's what we are. I don't associate
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The distinction I notice between rats and postrats is that rats use the rationality lens to see the entire world while postrats treat rationality as a tool or plaything Essentially, they differ in how their sense of self relates to rationalism Encompassed by vs encompassing
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I like this description :) A focus on "play" is maybe very important, although rationalists to some extent have a lot of fun with their ideas too. Hmm
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