Thus the shift from a world where map-accuracy and winningness are not the same thing to one where they’re identical a posteriori is a nonlinear shift, and in my mind this legitimizes the use of the term “rationality”.
Where’s the nonlinearity, and why does nonlinearity legitimize the term “rationality”?
The nonlinearity is the following: once you realize the dark side epistemology/interconnected web of reality material, and you already think that the most “winning” course of action is to have an almost accurate map, you should decide that the most “winning” way is to have a fully accurate map. The intuition is that it is not winningness-promoting to deliberately make a small subset of your beliefs inaccurate.
This legitimizes the term because it is then empriically the case that winningness and map accuracy coincide exactly, so we can afford to use them interchangeably.
EDIT:
I think that it is fair to use the term rationality most of the time. In certain discussions, such as this one, it may be neccessary to resort to “this behavior will track truth better” and “this behavior will make you win more”
Where’s the nonlinearity, and why does nonlinearity legitimize the term “rationality”?
The nonlinearity is the following: once you realize the dark side epistemology/interconnected web of reality material, and you already think that the most “winning” course of action is to have an almost accurate map, you should decide that the most “winning” way is to have a fully accurate map. The intuition is that it is not winningness-promoting to deliberately make a small subset of your beliefs inaccurate.
This legitimizes the term because it is then empriically the case that winningness and map accuracy coincide exactly, so we can afford to use them interchangeably.
EDIT:
I think that it is fair to use the term rationality most of the time. In certain discussions, such as this one, it may be neccessary to resort to “this behavior will track truth better” and “this behavior will make you win more”
Thanks; that explanation makes sense.