Think about problems that don't seem "worth thinking about"

That hardly strikes me as rational- that just sounds like "curious" or "intellectually unbounded."

Come to non-traditional conclusions, and share those thoughts publicly... even it it makes you look silly

A good reason as to why this is Hanson displaying rationality, but that doesn't seem to me to be a "rationality quote." It isn't particularly deep wisdom that he imagines the closer harm to him is worse than the further harm to him. Being cuckolded is terrible enough for people to kill others, being raped is terrible enough for people to kill others and kill themselves; I suspect Hanson is unconsciously revealing which issue worries him more rather than which issue is actually worse to deal with.

There is also the following issue which I was hoping you would address:

Do not quote comments/posts on LW/OB. That's like shooting fish in a barrel. :)