To safely use rationality, you have to be postrational. Else rationality will use you as tool. What rationality wants is neatness, not truth
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accurately interpreting reality requires assuming that: 1) real patterns exist ("neatness") 2) one's model is always too neat
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but, hey, if you can make a crossword puzzle with multiple correct solutions, maybe reality has multiple correct reads
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the reason people like crossword puzzles (and all games) is because they're neater than unfiltered reality
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never played Twilight Imperium, have you?
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I have, & enjoyed pretending at politics, with nothing real at stake, for only a few hours. Hence "neater"
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