And kudos (in the form of an upvote) to you for suggesting something to improve the niceness of rationalists—as has been pointed out many times, that’s something we should work on.
Yeah, instrumental rationality is (epistemically) easier—on the writer as well as on the reader. Epistemic rationality requires rigor, which usually implies a lot of math. Instrumental rationality can be pretty successful with a few examples and a moderately useful analogy.
No, you didn’t.
And kudos (in the form of an upvote) to you for suggesting something to improve the niceness of rationalists—as has been pointed out many times, that’s something we should work on.
Yeah, instrumental rationality is (epistemically) easier—on the writer as well as on the reader. Epistemic rationality requires rigor, which usually implies a lot of math. Instrumental rationality can be pretty successful with a few examples and a moderately useful analogy.