Ah, I see. I had interpreted it as “don’t discuss it, as long as the people involved aren’t exceptionally good at the art of rationality” which still seems valid to me. Did you end up on a different reading?
Yes, the new reading is “Politics isn’t a good place to practice rationality unless all the discussants are already rational”. Not that you shouldn’t engage in discussion of politics, just that you shouldn’t go to train rationality there (when not already well practiced in other areas).
Ah, I see. I had interpreted it as “don’t discuss it, as long as the people involved aren’t exceptionally good at the art of rationality” which still seems valid to me. Did you end up on a different reading?
Yes, the new reading is “Politics isn’t a good place to practice rationality unless all the discussants are already rational”. Not that you shouldn’t engage in discussion of politics, just that you shouldn’t go to train rationality there (when not already well practiced in other areas).
On the other hand, whenever you do something, you practice it whether you intend to or not.