Eliezer Yudkowsky...screamed at my former business partner… and then wept “like a little girl”… I thus cannot accept that someone is “rational” because he self-publishes that he is, and worships Bayes’ Theorem.
The test of whether one is rational is in fact whether one obeys Bayes’ Theorem, not whether one avoids screaming or weeping.
The test of whether one is rational is in fact whether one obeys Bayes’ Theorem, not whether one avoids screaming or weeping.
(Insert ‘epistemically’ rational to make the first half true. The part about the screaming is right regardless.)
EDIT: Upvoted the parent to 0 make sure it didn’t look like it was me who downvoted it. I know you just hate unexplained downvotes that don’t appear to have any cause.
The test of whether one is rational is in fact whether one obeys Bayes’ Theorem
People don’t generally “obey Bayes’ theorem”, and in the nuts and bolts of human rationality that is hardly the salient feature, merely something to look for when situation allows.
The test of whether one is rational is in fact whether one obeys Bayes’ Theorem, not whether one avoids screaming or weeping.
Another good test of rationality is whether you’re more confused by fiction than by reality. Just thought I should mention that in this connection.
(Insert ‘epistemically’ rational to make the first half true. The part about the screaming is right regardless.)
EDIT: Upvoted the parent to 0 make sure it didn’t look like it was me who downvoted it. I know you just hate unexplained downvotes that don’t appear to have any cause.
People don’t generally “obey Bayes’ theorem”, and in the nuts and bolts of human rationality that is hardly the salient feature, merely something to look for when situation allows.