fiddlemath comments on Rationality quotes: September 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: fiddlemath 03 September 2010 04:21:17AM 1 point [-]

It makes a certain sense. On the other hand, a sufficiently powerful rationalist should have some sense of what works well in our social environment, and thus shouldn't be reflexively ignored.

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 03 September 2010 05:14:53AM *  0 points [-]

True, which is why I am very uncertain about the quote or my first thoughts about it. Also, I had a vague picture in my mind of an entire society going through the valley of bad rationality at the same time. Needless to say, that would be a very scary (and thankfully very improbable) possible future.