rysade comments on How I Ended Up Non-Ambitious - Less Wrong

113 Post author: Swimmer963 23 January 2012 11:50PM

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Comment author: shminux 23 January 2012 04:42:47AM 5 points [-]

Thank you for this post! You have an unusually high level of introspection, and I haven't noticed any of the standard fallacious justifications anywhere in your story. Maybe you are naturally rational, that's why LW has not changed your life much. Or maybe it enabled you to write this excellent analysis of your feelings and motivations.

Comment author: rysade 24 January 2012 07:15:53AM 0 points [-]

Would you consider yourself naturally rational, shminux? I am curious where you stand on the nature vs. nurture divide, particularly regarding rationality.

Comment author: shminux 24 January 2012 03:49:36PM 2 points [-]

No, I'm pretty average with regard to rationality. And there is no "divide", it's a continuum, like shades of grey.