MixedNuts comments on Rationality Quotes September 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RobinZ 04 September 2012 07:20:42PM 3 points [-]

I read "irrational" as a genuflection in the direction of the is-ought problem more than anything else.

Comment author: MixedNuts 04 September 2012 07:29:35PM 3 points [-]

My beef isn't with "irrational", he meant "arational" anyway. It's with the idea that this property of emotions make our ignorance about them okay.

Comment author: RobinZ 04 September 2012 10:08:17PM 2 points [-]

Ah - I missed that implication. Agreed.