A couple of thoughts on the post rat sentiment of "who cares about truth, I just want to thrive". On its face there's nothing wrong with refusing to have opinions on things and focusing on personal growth and overcoming trauma and all that stuff. BUT...
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There are many things in orthodox Rationality that may not be immediately useful for the goal of thriving, and may even be epistemically counterproductive if you end up in bad valleys. But caring about truth is good and useful no matter the end goal.
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Heh sobsquad ate postrats congrats
The implied notion of postrat in this thread is miles away from Sarah’s and definitely firmly classifies next out entirely

