But now I sense an even more disturbing definition: rational as opposed to empirical. As I use scientific evidence as the most important arbiter of what I believe, I would find the anti-empirical idea of ‘rational’ a big mistake.
Do you have a reason of sarcasm? I notice a tendency that seems to me disturbing and I am pointing it out to see if others have noticed it and have opinions, but I am not attacking. I am deciding whether I fit this group or not—hopefully I can feel comfortable in LW.
It felt like irony from my end—a satire of human behaviour.
As a general tendency of humanity we seem to be more inclined to be abhored by beliefs that are similar to what we consider the norm but just slightly different. It is the rebels within the tribe that are the biggest threat, not the tribe that lives 20 kms away.
I hope someone can give you an adequate answer to your question. The very short one is that empirical evidence is usually going to be the most heavily weighted ‘bayesian’ (rational) evidence. However everything else is still evidence, even though it is far weaker.
Indeed. It is heretic in the extreme! Burn them!
Do you have a reason of sarcasm? I notice a tendency that seems to me disturbing and I am pointing it out to see if others have noticed it and have opinions, but I am not attacking. I am deciding whether I fit this group or not—hopefully I can feel comfortable in LW.
It felt like irony from my end—a satire of human behaviour.
As a general tendency of humanity we seem to be more inclined to be abhored by beliefs that are similar to what we consider the norm but just slightly different. It is the rebels within the tribe that are the biggest threat, not the tribe that lives 20 kms away.
I hope someone can give you an adequate answer to your question. The very short one is that empirical evidence is usually going to be the most heavily weighted ‘bayesian’ (rational) evidence. However everything else is still evidence, even though it is far weaker.