If someone’s ignorant in regards to the history of Mesoamerican history, or nuclear physics, or hydromechanics, that doesn’t mean they’re irrational/insane towards it.
Ignorance has nothing to do with how the word “insane” has been typically used in Less Wrong. It’s been typically used to refer to people whose minds don’t properly handle information about reality and/or make counterproductive decisions even though they have the information they require to not do so.
Indeed if someone’s merely ignorant, and that’s why they don’t make the optimal decisions, that’s a vastly smaller problem than when they have all the required information and still make insane decisions.
If someone’s ignorant in regards to the history of Mesoamerican history, or nuclear physics, or hydromechanics, that doesn’t mean they’re irrational/insane towards it.
Ignorance has nothing to do with how the word “insane” has been typically used in Less Wrong. It’s been typically used to refer to people whose minds don’t properly handle information about reality and/or make counterproductive decisions even though they have the information they require to not do so.
Indeed if someone’s merely ignorant, and that’s why they don’t make the optimal decisions, that’s a vastly smaller problem than when they have all the required information and still make insane decisions.