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There was an R. K. Laxman cartoon once where an emanciated beggar on the sidewalk is saying to reporters, ā€œThere must be some mistake; I’m not on a hunger strike, I’m starvingā€ Sometimes I feel like saying, ā€œThere must be some mistake; I’m not postrational, I’m just mediocreā€
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The term suggests an evolution past rationality to various kinds of enlightened post-systematic metaness of the sort talks about. So it’s an accurate label for people who actually do that with discipline. Sloppiness that sometimes gets lucky just looks like that.
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