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

13 Post author: alyssavance 23 December 2009 10:49AM

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Comment author: DanArmak 26 December 2009 04:00:21PM 3 points [-]

Hitler had goals, and by the means he had at his disposal, he was highly rational in achieving those goals (this does not mean that he was rational in the sense of being sane).

What is the meaning of "sane", then? Conforming to the majority?

Comment author: alyssavance 29 December 2009 09:46:17AM 2 points [-]

Ability to not believe things that are blatantly obviously false.