orthonormal comments on Welcome to Less Wrong! (2012) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: orthonormal 04 January 2012 01:52:59AM 3 points [-]

Welcome!

I'd rather live in a world where most people are rational most of the time than in one where some people are rational all of the time.

Could you expand on this? Being more rational, in the sense that LWers use it, isn't about acting like Spock all the time; instrumental rationality for humans includes relaxing, being silly, and all of the other things that make us more effective and happier overall.