katydee comments on Intelligence Amplification Open Thread - Less Wrong

46 Post author: Will_Newsome 15 September 2010 08:39AM

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Comment author: katydee 20 September 2010 02:14:48PM 0 points [-]

If people here really do call themselves aspiring rationalists, especially elsewhere, that's bad. I really need to finish my post on this.

Comment author: Apprentice 20 September 2010 03:23:44PM 4 points [-]

I heuristically associate people who "reject all labels" or "refuse to be pigeonholed" with a) High Broderism, b) conceited windbaggism, c) lack of intent to communicate clearly and efficiently. I also think "aspiring rationalist" is a perfectly reasonable thing for someone to call herself.

But I do hope you write your post and make your argument - perhaps you don't mean to say anything like the things I am imagining.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 20 September 2010 03:18:43PM 2 points [-]

They do so rather context sensitively from what I've seen. It seems a not unreasonable name to call one who is aspiring to be more rational. I think that perhaps you're taking it more seriously than most? Two cult koans comes to mind.