It seems to me that rationality is extremely fragile and vulnerable, such that even though rationality might serves other goals, you have to be very uncompromising with regards to rationality, especially core things like hiding information from yourself (I was lightly opposed to the negative karma hiding myself) even if it that has appararant costs.
I agree with that. But people can have very different psychologies. Most people are prone to overconfidence, but some people are underconfident and beat themselves up too much over negative feedback. If the site offers an optional feature that is very useful for people of the latter type, it’s at least worth considering whether that’s an overall improvement. I wasn’t even annoyed that people didn’t like the feature; it was more about the way in which the person argued. Generally, more display of awareness of people having different psychologies would please me. :)
I agree with that. But people can have very different psychologies. Most people are prone to overconfidence, but some people are underconfident and beat themselves up too much over negative feedback. If the site offers an optional feature that is very useful for people of the latter type, it’s at least worth considering whether that’s an overall improvement. I wasn’t even annoyed that people didn’t like the feature; it was more about the way in which the person argued. Generally, more display of awareness of people having different psychologies would please me. :)