wedrifid comments on [SEQ RERUN] The Martial Art of Rationality - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 10 April 2013 05:58:13AM 0 points [-]

Imagine two people, Alice and Bob, share the goal of deadlifting X lbs. Alice and Bob are equally "interested and successful at achieving" all their other goals besides deadlifting X lbs. Bob is stronger than Alice. Therefore, he is more likely to be able to deadlift X lbs. Can we thereby conclude that Bob is more rational than Alice?

No. It is incredibly weak evidence that Bob is more rational than Alice.