stupidity is anything anti-instrumental rationality
Instrumental rationality is often hard to judge since you don’t know what the person is optimizing for (not necessarily consciously).
The classic Hansonianism (“X is not about X”, e.g. “Politics is not about policy”, etc.) is one way is which you can be wrong about someone’s instrumental rationality.
Instrumental rationality is often hard to judge since you don’t know what the person is optimizing for (not necessarily consciously).
The classic Hansonianism (“X is not about X”, e.g. “Politics is not about policy”, etc.) is one way is which you can be wrong about someone’s instrumental rationality.