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Rationality: Arrange the mind such that different data actually (1) ranks considered hypotheses differently, (2) promotes different hypotheses for consideration, out of the global possibility space, (3) modifies actions/plans (for more utility/data). Do this relentlessly/Win.
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postrat: Personal epistemology is deeply influenced by contingent personal history, causing rationality to be subject to self-opaque rationalizing, so coherent behavior involves front-loading investigation of mind as it actually functions versus suspiciously-claimed ideal mind.
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Critrat: Relentlessly examine all other-received and self-received wisdom, because it’s generally wrong or coercive, & if one isn’t having fun (experiencing deep satisfaction) doing this, or having fun generally, something is wrong somewhere & fun can be a gradient to find it.
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-ness; I’m gonna mess this one up: Humaneness falls out of ironic distance, and capacity for ironic distance for some topic/dimension, is a litmus test for clarity/humaneness. Earnestness, goodness, and extremity are all self-corrupting.
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It’s vastly lazier than that. Ironic distance takes active work beneath ongoing denial of active effort. Neutral mediocrity gets you 80% of the benefits for 20% of the work. Slouching as an epistemic triage posture. It is to irony as bullshit is to lying.
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slouching:irony::bullshit:lying I love this but I think you’re at least 51% ironic apathy (actual epistemic labor guided by distance/apathy litmus test) and 49% unironic slouch/triage. idk 🤷‍♂️ :-)
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