You don’t have to run faster than the bear, just faster than your slowest friend.
In explicitspeak: You may be right, but your being right on this matter makes you a better rationalist than the vast majority of people who claim that title.
I suggest that competitive bear races, metaphorically speaking, are so rare that even looking for them is positively harmful. Nearly all tests of reason, from frying with hot fat to investing your money to buying cryonics, the only people in the race are you and the bear, and you really do have to be faster.
You don’t have to run faster than the bear, just faster than your slowest friend.
In explicitspeak: You may be right, but your being right on this matter makes you a better rationalist than the vast majority of people who claim that title.
I suggest that competitive bear races, metaphorically speaking, are so rare that even looking for them is positively harmful. Nearly all tests of reason, from frying with hot fat to investing your money to buying cryonics, the only people in the race are you and the bear, and you really do have to be faster.