drethelin comments on [Link] "An OKCupid Profile of a Rationalist" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drethelin 14 November 2012 06:31:54PM 3 points [-]

Rationalists SHOULD be weird. Otherwise what's the point? If we say we do things in a better way throughout our lives, and yet end up acting just like everyone else, why should anyone pay attention? If the rational thing to do was the normal thing to do lesswrong would be largely irrelevant. I'm confident Eliezer's profile is well optimized for his romantic purposes.