Hello. I don’t identify as a rationalist. I try not to identify at all, but I fail: next best thing, I identify as ‘urban scum’ - a term I use in an idiosyncratic sense. Individualist, pro-freedom (not necessarily liberal), self-reliant, network-conscious, versatile. A hippy, maybe. And a discordian. The story is very long, so I’ll condense it: for a variety of reasons (not least of which were the encounters between my grandparents/parents and WWII), I came out of childhood as somewhat damaged goods. I emigrated from my native Hungary in 1986, at age 17, and lived in the UK for 9 years. Then I moved back. I haven’t had a job for about 26 years now: I don’t think I could hack it. Working at home, using a variety of professions is my ideal. Having your smarts about you and distinguishing between neocortical and older urges is an important part of that. But I don’t think that a rational stance is all there is to life: in fact, I think most of what there is to life is not available from a purely rational stance. So there. :)
Hello. I don’t identify as a rationalist. I try not to identify at all, but I fail: next best thing, I identify as ‘urban scum’ - a term I use in an idiosyncratic sense. Individualist, pro-freedom (not necessarily liberal), self-reliant, network-conscious, versatile. A hippy, maybe. And a discordian. The story is very long, so I’ll condense it: for a variety of reasons (not least of which were the encounters between my grandparents/parents and WWII), I came out of childhood as somewhat damaged goods. I emigrated from my native Hungary in 1986, at age 17, and lived in the UK for 9 years. Then I moved back. I haven’t had a job for about 26 years now: I don’t think I could hack it. Working at home, using a variety of professions is my ideal. Having your smarts about you and distinguishing between neocortical and older urges is an important part of that. But I don’t think that a rational stance is all there is to life: in fact, I think most of what there is to life is not available from a purely rational stance. So there. :)