RomanDavis comments on Open Thread: June 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: roland 02 June 2010 01:21:24AM *  8 points [-]

LW too focused on verbalizable rationality

This comment got me thinking about it. Of course LW being a website can only deal with verbalizable information(rationality). So what are we missing? Skillsets that are not and have to be learned in other ways(practical ways): interpersonal relationships being just one of many. I also think the emotional brain is part of it. There might me people here who are brilliant thinkers yet emotionally miserable because of their personal context or upbringing, and I think dealing with that would be important. I think a hollistic approach is required. Eliezer had already suggested the idea of a rationality dojo. What do you think?

Comment author: RomanDavis 02 June 2010 02:04:27AM 4 points [-]

I'm a draftsman and it always struck me how absolutely terrible the English language is for talking about ludicrously simple visual concepts precisely. Words like parallel and perpendicular should be one syllable long.

I wonder if there's a way to apply rationality/ mathematical think beyond geometry and to the world of art.