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

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Comment author: Viliam_Bur 15 February 2014 09:31:18AM 3 points [-]

You can't just start from the assumption that society would be more rational if rationality was taught at school.

It could actually make things worse. It could put the whole society into a huge valley of bad rationality.

On the other hand, maybe that's exactly where the society is now.