One aspect of present in most of the Japanese arts is repetition and training. In order to achieve excellence at something, you do it over and over again hundreds and thousands of times until you get it right.
In activities where constant repetition is possible and productive, reliable progress can be achieved. Training in this way dominates even intelligence. An average IQ chess player, karateka, language student, or tennis player who has trained for thousands of hours will be far more effective at the activity than a genius level beginner.
One problem with rationality is it is hard to practice. If you want to train for a marathon, you get up at 6am every morning and run ten miles. Is there an analogous training method for rationality? If so, it is not obvious to me. This lack of an effective training method is probably why intelligence appears to be the dominant factor in rationality contests.
One aspect of present in most of the Japanese arts is repetition and training. In order to achieve excellence at something, you do it over and over again hundreds and thousands of times until you get it right.
In activities where constant repetition is possible and productive, reliable progress can be achieved. Training in this way dominates even intelligence. An average IQ chess player, karateka, language student, or tennis player who has trained for thousands of hours will be far more effective at the activity than a genius level beginner.
One problem with rationality is it is hard to practice. If you want to train for a marathon, you get up at 6am every morning and run ten miles. Is there an analogous training method for rationality? If so, it is not obvious to me. This lack of an effective training method is probably why intelligence appears to be the dominant factor in rationality contests.