No. The approach to understanding human psychology, though, tends to be broader—because post-rationalists draw on old cultural wisdom, and also because some of them read people like Freud who are often considered useless by x-rationalists. More of an emphasis is also placed on neurochemistry and nutrition. Both kinds of rationalists study neuroscience, cognitive science, social psychology, &c.
What snazzy label do I get if I:
To be honest I had assumed "post-rationalists" had to do something rather distinctly irrational (or take an arational interest to the extreme) before they qualified for the title.
(ETA: Downvoter, fuck you, I'm going out of my way to answer a question.
One of the most obnoxious voting behaviors out there. I honestly prefer a systematic down-voters downvoting the first three pages of the user-comment thread than to downvotes when I'm going out of the way to answer a question for someone else.
'Course, now that this is here further downvotes are justified and won't be responded to with "fuck you"s, don't worry.
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What snazzy label do I get if I: Dismiss people like Freud out of hand because there are other books to read that can be expected to be far more reliable and less annoying.
Usually I see people dismissing Freud without explaining. How am I supposed to know why? It's obvious that they prefer some other explanation, but I don't know which one.
As an analogy, imagine that you live in a country where many people don't believe that objects heavier than air could fly. Then you hear someone saying "Wright brothers' airplane design is really stupid". On...
A long time ago, in the colder seasons, I asked for suggestions for a Shit Rationalists Say video. Due to other concerns it took me this long to put it together, and the meme has long since passed. However, here it is.
Shit Rationalists Say
It is my first time in front of a camera, so I'm shakey. But I learned, and there it is.