I still see this as nothing but a trite nitpick. What examples would you give where it is irrational to be rational? Where it’s smart to take stupid pills?
Seems to me that Richard is roughly talking about instrumental rationality, while Konkvistador is roughly talking about epistemic rationality. Let’s not quibble over the word rationality.
I still see this as nothing but a trite nitpick. What examples would you give where it is irrational to be rational? Where it’s smart to take stupid pills?
Sometimes thinking about a problem in all its depth costs you more than you would loose by forgoing to optimize it.
Then the smart thing to do is to not sweat over it.
Speaking of which, this conversation has become a case in point.
Seems to me that Richard is roughly talking about instrumental rationality, while Konkvistador is roughly talking about epistemic rationality. Let’s not quibble over the word rationality.