The belief in recursive intelligence explosion is a good example: only someone who thinks of themselves as a very-high-IQ hyper-rationalist could be susceptible to buy into it
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There's a pretty strong relationship between one's self-image as a dispassionate rational thinker and the degree to which one is susceptible to fall for utterly irrational beliefs that are presented with some sort of scientific veneer
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If you want to fool a nerd, make long, complex, overly abstract arguments, free from the shackles of reality. Throw equations in there. Use physics analogies. Maybe a few greek words
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People are subject to identity bias (you are more likely to believe a statement that seems to match your identity). If your identity is "I'm a rationalist", then you're more likely to fall for arguments that feature superficial scientific attributes.
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The side joke is that a self-styled rationalist's primary mechanism for adopting beliefs remains identity reinforcement -- just like everyone else -- rather than the actual rational value of an argument.
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“Dispassionate rational thinker” can easily be taken to the extreme. We perpetuate inequality because we think it is not rational to empathize with the poor and vulnerable. “Perfect blend of rational and emotional” may not be a bad aspiration.
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that totally makes sense
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The conceptual mind is a double edged sword. Its capacity for informational compression enables us to interface with reality far beyond our immediate sensations, but also make it hard to get unstuck from the frame of mistaking our constructed conceptions for reality itself.
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anyone can be manipulated. sometimes there’s just no way to know that someone/something is pulling the strings until you look back on it years later
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I am an Atheist raised a Christian and it amazes me how easily "critical thinking" people have fallen so into gender theory so easily. Its insane and there are so many parallels with religion.
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