mark_spottswood comments on The Costs of Rationality - Less Wrong

32 Post author: RobinHanson 03 March 2009 06:13PM

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Comment author: mark_spottswood 05 March 2009 07:26:35PM *  4 points [-]

Sorry -- I meant, but did not make clear, that the word "rationality" should be avoided only when the conversation involves the clash between "winning" and "truth seeking." Otherwise, things tend to bog down in arguments about the map, when we should be talking about the territory.

Comment author: Kenny 07 March 2009 11:58:58PM 2 points [-]

I agree – in contexts where 'truth seeking' and 'winning' are different, we should qualify references to 'rationality'.