Annoyance comments on Is it rational to take psilocybin? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Annoyance 07 March 2009 04:18:48PM 1 point [-]

"The entire point of being rational is to maximize your expected life value."

That may be your purpose of being rational, but I don't see how that follows necessarily. The purpose of being rational is to consciously know what you're arguing and why. There are many potential reasons why that could be a useful strategy.