Slytherin answer: If you’re surrounded by idiots, figure out how idiots work and use them to your advantage; ideally in ways that they don’t even recognize. Getting irritated at them for being idiots is like getting irritated at a cat for not being a dog — it’s bad instrumental rationality; the irritation doesn’t help you accomplish your goals. They may be idiots, and you can’t fix that; but you can treat them nicely enough that they won’t get in your way and may even be useful to you. Find ways to practice this.
Hufflepuff answer: Sounds like you need the company of other rationalists. Does your area have a LW meetup yet? Meanwhile, try to consider the obstacles, distractions, and other cognitive interference that these other folks might be dealing with. Find ways to sympathize — after all, you’re not perfect, either. (And for that matter, if religionists are so wrong, why does going to church make so many of them so happy? They must be right about something.)
Other Hufflepuff answer: Aww. Maybe I should find a way to be nicer to them so that I can help them find their mistakes in ways that don’t make them think I dislike them. I wonder if having more accurate beliefs in some areas would actually hurt them...
Gryffindor answer: And that’s why you must be strong to help save the world without their help.
Ravenclaw answer: Some people just don’t care. If you want to talk about the truth, talk to other truthseekers, not other people. Non-truthseekers can still be fun, but you don’t have to talk to them about your beliefs.
Slytherin answer: If you’re surrounded by idiots, figure out how idiots work and use them to your advantage; ideally in ways that they don’t even recognize. Getting irritated at them for being idiots is like getting irritated at a cat for not being a dog — it’s bad instrumental rationality; the irritation doesn’t help you accomplish your goals. They may be idiots, and you can’t fix that; but you can treat them nicely enough that they won’t get in your way and may even be useful to you. Find ways to practice this.
Hufflepuff answer: Sounds like you need the company of other rationalists. Does your area have a LW meetup yet? Meanwhile, try to consider the obstacles, distractions, and other cognitive interference that these other folks might be dealing with. Find ways to sympathize — after all, you’re not perfect, either. (And for that matter, if religionists are so wrong, why does going to church make so many of them so happy? They must be right about something.)
Other Hufflepuff answer: Aww. Maybe I should find a way to be nicer to them so that I can help them find their mistakes in ways that don’t make them think I dislike them. I wonder if having more accurate beliefs in some areas would actually hurt them...
Gryffindor answer: And that’s why you must be strong to help save the world without their help.
Ravenclaw answer: Some people just don’t care. If you want to talk about the truth, talk to other truthseekers, not other people. Non-truthseekers can still be fun, but you don’t have to talk to them about your beliefs.
Your Huffle-fu is stronger than mine. Seeking a rationalist meetup is Ravenclaw.
I really like the idea of answering based on Hogwarts houses.
it’s really a variation on internal families.
True, but it has the added advantage of common knowledge as to what the different aspects refer too.