ntroPi comments on How to illustrate that society is mostly irrational, and how rationality would be beneficial - Less Wrong

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Comment author: ntroPi 14 February 2014 05:58:40PM 0 points [-]

"Society" doesn't make decisions, groups of people make decisions.

The way society forms mass-opinions and decides (i.e. by voting) on important issues is not easily split into groups of people making decisions.

Still I accept your mechanism because group decisions are a large part of society and improving that will improve society.

About the group project: If we can get everyone to be "genuinely rational" instead of just a bit more rational we will certainly live in a very different world. I don't expect that anytime soon though.