Conventional words and conventional actions are linked by conventional logic. To be sure, they are not perfectly aligned, as if they came from a perfect Bayesian reasoner, but they are definitely not “at odds”, and conformists are not automatically hypocrites.
For example, the apparent disconnect between “there’s a climate crisis” and “I’m going to fly to California” is resolved by conventional logic like “why should I cancel my only flight this year when other people fly much more than me?”. In rationalist terms, this is a tit-for-tat strategy when other people are defecting, or hunting rabbit.
Conventional words and conventional actions are linked by conventional logic. To be sure, they are not perfectly aligned, as if they came from a perfect Bayesian reasoner, but they are definitely not “at odds”, and conformists are not automatically hypocrites.
For example, the apparent disconnect between “there’s a climate crisis” and “I’m going to fly to California” is resolved by conventional logic like “why should I cancel my only flight this year when other people fly much more than me?”. In rationalist terms, this is a tit-for-tat strategy when other people are defecting, or hunting rabbit.