Wes_W comments on Self-Congratulatory Rationalism - Less Wrong

51 Post author: ChrisHallquist 01 March 2014 08:52AM

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Comment author: Wes_W 03 March 2014 07:44:05PM 0 points [-]

Excellent post. I don't have anything useful to add at the moment, but I am wondering if the second-to-last paragraph:

First, yes, some claims are more rational than others. Some people even do better at rationality overall than others. But the idea of a real person being anything close to an ideal rationalist is an extraordinary claim, and should be met with appropriate skepticism and demands for evidence. Don't forget that

is just missing a period at the end, or has a fragmented sentence.