I personally agree with your core thesis that pattern matching is central. I invested a lot of effort into Quantified Self community building and gave press interviews praising the promise of QS.
I think at the time I overrated straight data over pattern matching. Today I consider pattern matching much more important.
I’m happy to collaborate on developing this line of thought.
I’m weary of whether using the word ‘rationality’ in this context is useful. Webster defines the word as: ‘the quality or state of being agreeable to reason’.
Wikipedia says: ‘Rationality is the quality or state of being reasonable, based on facts or reason. Rationality implies the conformity of one’s beliefs with one’s reasons to believe, or of one’s actions with one’s reasons for action.’
I personally agree with your core thesis that pattern matching is central. I invested a lot of effort into Quantified Self community building and gave press interviews praising the promise of QS. I think at the time I overrated straight data over pattern matching. Today I consider pattern matching much more important. I’m happy to collaborate on developing this line of thought.
I’m weary of whether using the word ‘rationality’ in this context is useful. Webster defines the word as: ‘the quality or state of being agreeable to reason’. Wikipedia says: ‘Rationality is the quality or state of being reasonable, based on facts or reason. Rationality implies the conformity of one’s beliefs with one’s reasons to believe, or of one’s actions with one’s reasons for action.’