I feel a bit silly writing an post about connotations on a rationalist website, but I really love the quote “Rationality (is/is not) winning”. I see a few different ways of interpreting it:
“Rationality is winning”—results are more important than following a particular ritual of cognition. If something doesn’t work, abandon it no matter how “rational” is seems.
“Rationality is not winning”—exploration is much more fun than just mindlessly going toward some goal.
“Rationality is winning”—what matters is how good you are at reaching socially accepted criteria of “success”—I don’t like this connotation at all.
And I can think of a few others...
I wonder, the way human brain works, is it common for there to be thoughts that are much better expressed with a short sentence full of ambiguous connotations, that by long and accurate explanations? Give me your favourite ambiguous quotes!
Rationality is winning—or is it?
I feel a bit silly writing an post about connotations on a rationalist website, but I really love the quote “Rationality (is/is not) winning”. I see a few different ways of interpreting it:
“Rationality is winning”—results are more important than following a particular ritual of cognition. If something doesn’t work, abandon it no matter how “rational” is seems.
“Rationality is not winning”—exploration is much more fun than just mindlessly going toward some goal.
“Rationality is winning”—what matters is how good you are at reaching socially accepted criteria of “success”—I don’t like this connotation at all.
And I can think of a few others...
I wonder, the way human brain works, is it common for there to be thoughts that are much better expressed with a short sentence full of ambiguous connotations, that by long and accurate explanations? Give me your favourite ambiguous quotes!