MatthewB comments on On the Power of Intelligence and Rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MatthewB 24 December 2009 07:58:54PM 3 points [-]

This was exactly where my Great-Great Uncle had his great letdown in WWII (and even more so after the war when he learned of the Concentration Camps. My Uncle was at sea on the Scharnhorst the whole war). When the Kriegsmarine began to get orders directly from Herr Hitler they knew that the end was near, as many of the orders directly contravened known naval practices.

Could you elaborate on the "not so sure it supports the main thesis" a bit please?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 24 December 2009 08:09:55PM 3 points [-]

Once zoomed in, insanity starts to look like quite a bit of a disadvantage on the microstructure, and rationalist skills (like knowing your own incompetence) like quite a bit of an advantage.