One day, even Eliezer will identify as a postrationalist
I think I might be serious. I think it might be the equivalent of the raising a version number. We are all growing together, we as a group are not what we were five years ago. The world does not pay attention to version numbers, they only look at the name, so if we want them to understand that there is a difference between who we are and who we were, we must change the name. It’s simply good communication to never call two crucially distinct but easily confusable things by the same name.
I’m only a little bit serious. I still find the label “postrationalist” incredibly arrogant from the position of a rationalist, and the label “rationalist” unfortunately arrogant from the position of a layperson. It’s arrogance squared. We should just identify as bayesians or bostromians or something.
One day, even Eliezer will identify as a postrationalist
I think I might be serious. I think it might be the equivalent of the raising a version number. We are all growing together, we as a group are not what we were five years ago. The world does not pay attention to version numbers, they only look at the name, so if we want them to understand that there is a difference between who we are and who we were, we must change the name. It’s simply good communication to never call two crucially distinct but easily confusable things by the same name.
I’m only a little bit serious. I still find the label “postrationalist” incredibly arrogant from the position of a rationalist, and the label “rationalist” unfortunately arrogant from the position of a layperson. It’s arrogance squared. We should just identify as bayesians or bostromians or something.
if identities are schelling points in cooperation space, how can we identify as people who are aware of that fact?