To become a true rationalist one must shed the trappings of personhood. The rationalist’s mind has no goal except rationality itself; no thought except the Bayesian update.. Only once you are free of worldly concerns and the concept of autonomy may you see the light of Bayes.
edit: Sorry, I was joking. I thought I was being ridiculous enough for it to be obvious.
I should have remembered that you’ve been around for a while, but bear in mind that the joke is just the sort of Straw Vulcan reasoning that some new people think Less Wrong obviously must subscribe to.
To become a true rationalist one must shed the trappings of personhood. The rationalist’s mind has no goal except rationality itself; no thought except the Bayesian update.. Only once you are free of worldly concerns and the concept of autonomy may you see the light of Bayes.
edit: Sorry, I was joking. I thought I was being ridiculous enough for it to be obvious.
I thought it had the goal of maximizing expected utility.
Um, no.
Sorry, I was joking. I thought I was being ridiculous enough for it to be obvious.
I should have remembered that you’ve been around for a while, but bear in mind that the joke is just the sort of Straw Vulcan reasoning that some new people think Less Wrong obviously must subscribe to.
Poe’s law applies!
’Twas completely obvious to me. I mean seriously, “light of Bayes”.
laughs The username was a pretty obvious give-away, IMO :)
Incorrect indeed.