X-rationality is the kind you do with math, and humans are crap at casual math, so no surprise it becomes a weapon of last resort. (We ought to be using a damn sight more math for more or less everything—the fact our cognitive architecture doesn’t support it will not persuade the universe to let us off lightly).
(Edit: I removed the second half of this comment because if after a day of thinking I can’t pin down what I thought I was referring to, then I’m talking nonsense. Sorry. Next time: engage brain, open mouth, in that order.)
X-rationality is the kind you do with math, and humans are crap at casual math, so no surprise it becomes a weapon of last resort. (We ought to be using a damn sight more math for more or less everything—the fact our cognitive architecture doesn’t support it will not persuade the universe to let us off lightly).
(Edit: I removed the second half of this comment because if after a day of thinking I can’t pin down what I thought I was referring to, then I’m talking nonsense. Sorry. Next time: engage brain, open mouth, in that order.)
Can you give concrete examples of what you mean by “basic sanity”, and how it might have increased?