I have not “always thought this way”. Sure, I did not believe in God, was mostly utilitarian (without knowing the term), which put off some of my friends, and definitely subscribed to reductionism. But this is just a tiny part of the whole rationality thing. I was regularly tripped by many biases and basic fallacies, like sunk cost, I identified with various groups I was a member of at one time or another and rationalized their actions as “good”, I hated the outgroups and strawmanned their views, and so on. I did not really “awaken” until a certain fanfiction led me to this place three odd years ago. I still have a long way to go to get to the Yvain’s level, and I will probably never get there, but it’s fun to try.
I have not “always thought this way”. Sure, I did not believe in God, was mostly utilitarian (without knowing the term), which put off some of my friends, and definitely subscribed to reductionism. But this is just a tiny part of the whole rationality thing. I was regularly tripped by many biases and basic fallacies, like sunk cost, I identified with various groups I was a member of at one time or another and rationalized their actions as “good”, I hated the outgroups and strawmanned their views, and so on. I did not really “awaken” until a certain fanfiction led me to this place three odd years ago. I still have a long way to go to get to the Yvain’s level, and I will probably never get there, but it’s fun to try.