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jkaufman comments on Arthur Chu: Jeopardy! champion through exemplary rationality - Less Wrong
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I went to college with him. More of us arguing: http://www.jefftk.com/p/value-and-money
He doesn't like lesswrong at all, for reasons similar to Apophemi's.
I was curious about the second link. The gist appears to be:
I think the idea is that rationalists are more likely to entertain potentially offensive ideas under the premise that traditional morals/boundaries/taboos may interfere or bias totally clear, unflinching rational thinking.
Yup! And Arthur thinks some ideas (racism, sexism, etc) are harmful to discuss, partly because the discussion legitimizes them.
Sounds like he would get along well with Multiheaded.
Where did he get his rationalist training then? If he's in a rational community that's not LW, I'd consider him a reason to check that community out.
He's a smart guy who's spent a lot of time around other smart people.
Around here people tend to overestimate how much "rationality training" lesswrong provides and underestimate the level of rationality present in the rest of society.