Good thread/discussion between @juliagalef and @michael_nielsen on the value (if any) of occasionally thinking in irrational ways.https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/849868740204257280 …
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(But if you’re a bit irrational to get to the truth in the long run, it wasn’t irrational, right? Just temporarily loosening standards.)
Yes. But I'm using "rational" in a narrower sense, which I think is (to some approximation) the kind of behaviour Julia was referring to
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1. Nah, it's a grey area. I wouldn't call someone irrational for temporarily suspending their disbelief to enjoy a movie! Similarly I don't
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2. think it's that irrational to suspend your skepticism in a hypothesis, if doing so makes you better at finding (true) points in its favor
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