timtyler comments on What is wrong with "Traditional Rationality"? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 08 April 2011 05:44:43PM *  2 points [-]

One relevant attempt at a definition:

I will be using "extreme rationality" or "x-rationality" in the sense of "techniques and theories from Overcoming Bias, Less Wrong, or similar deliberate formal rationality study programs, above and beyond the standard level of rationality possessed by an intelligent science-literate person without formal rationalist training."