I have touched before on the idea that a rationalist must have something they value more than “rationality”
What a terrible idea… then whenever rationality comes in conflict with that thing, rationality will be discarded.
We already see lots and lots of this behavior. It’s the human norm, in fact: use rationality as a tool as long as it doesn’t threaten X, then discard it when it becomes incompatible with X.
What a terrible idea… then whenever rationality comes in conflict with that thing, rationality will be discarded.
We already see lots and lots of this behavior. It’s the human norm, in fact: use rationality as a tool as long as it doesn’t threaten X, then discard it when it becomes incompatible with X.