Well thats semantics in a pretty casual post. Still the link is interesting, thanks. I wonder if anyone has offered a counter-argument along the lines of “rationality is a muscle, not a scarce resource”. But what do you do with someone who doesn’t even think that, but just thinks logic is something for nerds?
No, it’s substantial criticism. “Rationality fan” brings up in me the image of a person who aspires to be a Vulcan and who cares about labels instead of caring about outcomes.
The person who deconverted to theism and now makes atheism his new religion without really adopting good thinking habits.
But what do you do with someone who doesn’t even think that, but just thinks logic is something for nerds?
Even the body builder who doesn’t consider logic to be very important and a subject for nerds might be interested in information from scientific studies about the effects of the supplements he takes.
Ok feel free to mentally replace my language with more sensible language. This was just a quick post in the open thread. Thanks for your substantial if somewhat contrarian comment.
Do we? I don’t think that’s the case. We know that being rational is quite hard and we don’t have a good guide to circumvent most cognitive biases.
You don’t have to go very far for that viewpoint. Robin Hanson did voice it lately.
To me that label rather rings alarm bells than any positive associations. Being a fan is something quite different than actually being rational.
Well thats semantics in a pretty casual post. Still the link is interesting, thanks. I wonder if anyone has offered a counter-argument along the lines of “rationality is a muscle, not a scarce resource”. But what do you do with someone who doesn’t even think that, but just thinks logic is something for nerds?
No, it’s substantial criticism. “Rationality fan” brings up in me the image of a person who aspires to be a Vulcan and who cares about labels instead of caring about outcomes.
The person who deconverted to theism and now makes atheism his new religion without really adopting good thinking habits.
Even the body builder who doesn’t consider logic to be very important and a subject for nerds might be interested in information from scientific studies about the effects of the supplements he takes.
Ok feel free to mentally replace my language with more sensible language. This was just a quick post in the open thread. Thanks for your substantial if somewhat contrarian comment.