Tetronian comments on The problem with too many rational memes - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 18 January 2012 02:44:27AM *  22 points [-]

So I think that when you notice that feeling, you should stand up for the sanctity of your mind.

This is only useful to the extent that you already trust your mind to generate accurate beliefs. It's possible or even likely that relativists get the same "ick" reaction when scientists start talking about universal laws.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 18 January 2012 03:42:27AM 7 points [-]

It's potentially useful even if I don't, if I trust my mind to recognize a good-faith effort at explanation.

Comment author: Armok_GoB 19 January 2012 08:35:49PM *  0 points [-]

Downvoted for confusing "postmodernists" and "relativists" and spreading a common missconception.

Comment author: ahartell 20 January 2012 03:47:20AM 9 points [-]

Could you explain the two of them to me?

Comment author: [deleted] 19 January 2012 08:37:43PM 2 points [-]

Fixed, thanks.

Comment author: lessdazed 24 January 2012 07:55:16PM 1 point [-]

that relativists get the same "ick" reaction

I wonder. An analogy: a relatively uncompartmentalized mind encountering such (potentially instrumentally useful) wrong beliefs suffers from epistemic contagion like water encountering Ice-nine. A honeycombed, extremely inconsistent mind encountering universal laws suffers like a ship with extensive compartment breaches.

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