I’d say that the rationalist way of thinking is a natural fit for me. It just makes a lot if sense, and it surprises me when other people don’t think this way. To be fair, I haven’t always thought this way either, but I’ve had quite many thoughts on the subject which are now complemented by LW material.
Besides rationality, I’m primarily interested in psychology and understanding human behavior.
To counter my general nonconformist tendency :), here are some of the things I like about what I’ve seen of LW so far:
-general intent to be rational
-serious effort to improve the world
-models of human behavior and human cognition that actually make sense
-openness to discuss most subjects, including controversial and “difficult” ones
The German question has a longer history then the war. In the time where the German national hymn was written “Deutschland, Deutschland über alles” was a call to abolish interstate borders between different German states. It was cosmopolitan in nature. Wanting a united Europe is not that different than wanting an united Germany.
At the same time most Germans who identify themselves on the internet still speak of themselves as German and not primarily as Europeans.
But I’m not certain that Raythen is German. He might also been born in one European country and living in another.
Might also have something to do with Germany being one of the few countries not getting shafted by the EU and thus not objecting to the identifier European.
Hello fellow LWers,
I’m Raythen, a 25 year old European male.
I discovered this community via HPMOR.
I’d say that the rationalist way of thinking is a natural fit for me. It just makes a lot if sense, and it surprises me when other people don’t think this way. To be fair, I haven’t always thought this way either, but I’ve had quite many thoughts on the subject which are now complemented by LW material.
Besides rationality, I’m primarily interested in psychology and understanding human behavior.
To counter my general nonconformist tendency :), here are some of the things I like about what I’ve seen of LW so far: -general intent to be rational -serious effort to improve the world -models of human behavior and human cognition that actually make sense -openness to discuss most subjects, including controversial and “difficult” ones
It’s quite interesting to have someone define himself as European instead of a nationality.
I know many Germans who do so.
Incidentally, identifying as “European” rather than “German” is a quintessentially German thing to do. Heritage of THE WAR.
I’ll happily calllmysrkf European. I’m not German, and I am a citizen kf one of the EUs more fractious members.
The German question has a longer history then the war. In the time where the German national hymn was written “Deutschland, Deutschland über alles” was a call to abolish interstate borders between different German states. It was cosmopolitan in nature. Wanting a united Europe is not that different than wanting an united Germany.
At the same time most Germans who identify themselves on the internet still speak of themselves as German and not primarily as Europeans.
But I’m not certain that Raythen is German. He might also been born in one European country and living in another.
Might also have something to do with Germany being one of the few countries not getting shafted by the EU and thus not objecting to the identifier European.
That’s a fairly recent development and national self identification runs deeper.
Building nation states and destroying them is no straightforward matter that you can do in a few years.
Good point.