I’ve been following OB pretty much since the first couple of months. I was trying to think when I would have started calling myself a rationalist. I can’t think of any time in my life when I wouldn’t have thought of myself that way. Even 20+ years ago when I thought the world was 6000 years old. I just wasn’t a relentless rationalist. I even tried using all the rationalism I could muster to try to develop evangelistic witnessing “scripts”. It was during that process that I talked myself out of religion.
Reading OB/LW has made me aware that my rationality skills aren’t as sophisticated as I once thought. But one of my current strongest interests in the rationality game is to learn ways to help my children develop their rationality muscles. Also wouldn’t hate helping my friends/family/co-workers on this path. I guess I’m just an evangelist at heart.
I’ve been following OB pretty much since the first couple of months. I was trying to think when I would have started calling myself a rationalist. I can’t think of any time in my life when I wouldn’t have thought of myself that way. Even 20+ years ago when I thought the world was 6000 years old. I just wasn’t a relentless rationalist. I even tried using all the rationalism I could muster to try to develop evangelistic witnessing “scripts”. It was during that process that I talked myself out of religion.
Reading OB/LW has made me aware that my rationality skills aren’t as sophisticated as I once thought. But one of my current strongest interests in the rationality game is to learn ways to help my children develop their rationality muscles. Also wouldn’t hate helping my friends/family/co-workers on this path. I guess I’m just an evangelist at heart.