You should distinguish between intelligence and being rational. One can be very intelligent without being very rational and vice versa. Intelligence is about how fast you think and how many abstract concepts you can juggle at once, that sort of thing. Rationality is about having good heuristics, making good decisions, that sort of thing. This site is primarily about being more rational rather than being more intelligent.
Ah, I think that I have been using the words as near synonyms. I understand the distinction, (now, I think) but what of increasing intelligence? Will study in general rationality help improve cognitive speed/capacity through the “compression effect” described above by multifoliaterose?
Obviously, I can’t say for sure, but I personally think that increased rationality probably won’t make you more intelligent in the speed sense.
I do suspect that since both intelligence and rationality, being more rational does help you solve problems faster in a sense similar to how being more intelligent would.
I also suspect being more rational is more helpful than being more intelligent; it’s easy to use your big brain to shoot yourself in the foot.
You should distinguish between intelligence and being rational. One can be very intelligent without being very rational and vice versa. Intelligence is about how fast you think and how many abstract concepts you can juggle at once, that sort of thing. Rationality is about having good heuristics, making good decisions, that sort of thing. This site is primarily about being more rational rather than being more intelligent.
Ah, I think that I have been using the words as near synonyms. I understand the distinction, (now, I think) but what of increasing intelligence? Will study in general rationality help improve cognitive speed/capacity through the “compression effect” described above by multifoliaterose?
Obviously, I can’t say for sure, but I personally think that increased rationality probably won’t make you more intelligent in the speed sense. I do suspect that since both intelligence and rationality, being more rational does help you solve problems faster in a sense similar to how being more intelligent would. I also suspect being more rational is more helpful than being more intelligent; it’s easy to use your big brain to shoot yourself in the foot.