Yep, that’s a valid and serious objection, especially in the utilitarian context.
A couple of ways to try to deal with it: (a) point out the difference between instrumentality and goals. (b) point out that rationality is not binary but a spectrum, it’s not a choice between winning all and winning nothing.
You can probably also reformulate the whole issue as “help you to deal with the life’s problems—let me show you how can you go about it without too much aggravation and hassle”...
Yep, that’s a valid and serious objection, especially in the utilitarian context.
A couple of ways to try to deal with it: (a) point out the difference between instrumentality and goals. (b) point out that rationality is not binary but a spectrum, it’s not a choice between winning all and winning nothing.
You can probably also reformulate the whole issue as “help you to deal with the life’s problems—let me show you how can you go about it without too much aggravation and hassle”...