JoshuaZ comments on Rationality quotes January 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 16 January 2012 01:56:40AM 0 points [-]

Going against the evidence when there's a massive amount of evidence is at best deeply irrational and counterproductive. I don't know if "stupid" is a better term because it has connotations of issues with intelligence, but in the context of "reversed stupidity is not intelligence" it applies just as well in the form "reversed irrationality is not rationality".

Comment author: Will_Newsome 16 January 2012 08:20:12PM 0 points [-]

Either way works, but it's irrelevant unless said "massive amounts of evidence" exist, which I am skeptical of.