There is no obvious evidence laying around. I am unconvinced. Promising that bayesian rationality will better your life on the expectation woudl be anunfounded promise.
Take mathematics. I think mathematics is valuable and mathematical results are cool. And you can be a succesfull mathematician. But I would not say that you will be succesfull for choosing mathematics over other fields. You need to have some indiviudal traits to make mathematics a good fit for you. But it is not an automatic win button for all psychologies. Mathematics is far from “fictional” but it doesn’t raise to the bar of autorecommend.
Rationality can have very potent results that others have trouble delivering. But there are some hazards and some requirements. Having low emotional tolerance for reflection would be very hard to live with. You are in danger of being part of a minority and your relevance to the population at large can be questionable or small or happen via very particular channels.
I would totally give a “ask your doctor whether rationality is right for you” but not “mortage your house to order yours today”
There is no obvious evidence laying around. I am unconvinced. Promising that bayesian rationality will better your life on the expectation woudl be anunfounded promise.
Take mathematics. I think mathematics is valuable and mathematical results are cool. And you can be a succesfull mathematician. But I would not say that you will be succesfull for choosing mathematics over other fields. You need to have some indiviudal traits to make mathematics a good fit for you. But it is not an automatic win button for all psychologies. Mathematics is far from “fictional” but it doesn’t raise to the bar of autorecommend.
Rationality can have very potent results that others have trouble delivering. But there are some hazards and some requirements. Having low emotional tolerance for reflection would be very hard to live with. You are in danger of being part of a minority and your relevance to the population at large can be questionable or small or happen via very particular channels.
I would totally give a “ask your doctor whether rationality is right for you” but not “mortage your house to order yours today”