I certainly do think they’re connected, but, they are still distinct concepts, and I think part of the reason Zack is focused on “rationalists as students of the laws of rationality” vs “applicants thereof” is that a community of law-studiers should behave differently. (as I understand it, pure math and applied math are different and people make a big deal about it??)
(and, to be clear, I think this is a pretty interesting consideration I hadn’t been thinking of lately. I appreciate Zack bringing it up, just want him to not be slight-of-handy about it)
Hmm, but I don’t think that rationality is actually analogous to math, in this respect. I think that the intimate connection between learning and applying rationality is, actually, a core property of rationality as a domain, as distinct from domains like math. Any disconnect between study and application threatens to undermine both!
I certainly do think they’re connected, but, they are still distinct concepts, and I think part of the reason Zack is focused on “rationalists as students of the laws of rationality” vs “applicants thereof” is that a community of law-studiers should behave differently. (as I understand it, pure math and applied math are different and people make a big deal about it??)
(and, to be clear, I think this is a pretty interesting consideration I hadn’t been thinking of lately. I appreciate Zack bringing it up, just want him to not be slight-of-handy about it)
Hmm, but I don’t think that rationality is actually analogous to math, in this respect. I think that the intimate connection between learning and applying rationality is, actually, a core property of rationality as a domain, as distinct from domains like math. Any disconnect between study and application threatens to undermine both!