The parent is not a rationality quote and the rationality quotes thread is not an appropriate place to place dump book review excerpts unless they happen to also contain rationality insight. In fact, the bolded quote is distinctly anti-rational quote in as much as it is almost certainly false claim (literally ‘devoid of content’?) of the kind optimised for debate and persuasion, not rationality expressions.
This isn’t a criticism of Scott or a support of the particular work (I haven’t read it yet). Were Scott trying to express a soundbite on the subject that could be worth quoting here then I expect he could. But this was just him taking an exaggerated dig at something he disagrees with.
Perhaps try the “Open Thread” for such excerpts. It is interesting enough to go there if only because Tegmark actually bothered to reply, and did so patiently.
The parent is not a rationality quote and the rationality quotes thread is not an appropriate place to place dump book review excerpts unless they happen to also contain rationality insight. In fact, the bolded quote is distinctly anti-rational quote in as much as it is almost certainly false claim (literally ‘devoid of content’?) of the kind optimised for debate and persuasion, not rationality expressions.
This isn’t a criticism of Scott or a support of the particular work (I haven’t read it yet). Were Scott trying to express a soundbite on the subject that could be worth quoting here then I expect he could. But this was just him taking an exaggerated dig at something he disagrees with.
Perhaps try the “Open Thread” for such excerpts. It is interesting enough to go there if only because Tegmark actually bothered to reply, and did so patiently.