ThisSpaceAvailable comments on To become more rational, rinse your left ear with cold water - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ThisSpaceAvailable 01 June 2013 01:05:48AM 3 points [-]

First, this is equivocating rationality and accuracy. Second, just because something results in more rational decisions, that doesn't mean that it is valid to characterize it as increasing rationality. If I observe a compass, and see that the direction is pointing coincides with the direction that Oregon is from my current location, it would be an error to conclude that compasses point towards Oregon.