Morendil comments on Rationality Drugs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 02 October 2011 12:10:43AM 2 points [-]

To be a rationalist is to be the kind of person who mentally adds "among other as yet undiscovered effects" to every single bullet point above.

What makes that mental addition a "rationalist" thing to do, rather than simply a good thing to do?

Comment author: Morendil 02 October 2011 10:33:37AM 1 point [-]

It's a five-second skill - you have to train yourself to do it.