michael_nielsen

11. If the normal syndrome of epistemic irrationality is instrumentally rational, then you've got to choose your irrationality.

12. The inclination to choose epistemic rationality is evidence of being bad at life.

13. It's understandable that these people should want a community in which they can feel better and maybe even superior about this.

14. We all need a home. If that desire for safety/acceptance/status produces more usefully true thoughts, that's awesome.

I agree w/the importance of shaping motives! This is what my book (in progress) is about. But I disagree that other Rs don't care about that

e.g., see my TED talk on emotional engineering of rationality: https://www.ted.com/talks/julia_galef_why_you_think_you_re_right_even_if_you_re_wrong … (title is kinda misleading)

I also agree that for most ppl, accurate beliefs about global issues don't matter much relative to the cost to you personally.

But pursuing accurate beliefs makes sense if either (1) you're personally in a position to affect the world, or (2) you're altruistic.