V_V comments on The Rationality Wars - Less Wrong

18 Post author: Stefan_Schubert 27 February 2014 05:08PM

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Comment author: V_V 01 March 2014 11:16:38PM 0 points [-]

Being rational isn't a binary predicate, unless by "rational" you mean some abstract model of perfect rationality which isn't physically realizable, making the point moot.

Clearly, any average human is highly rational with respect to any non-human animal. Nevertheless, he or she makes mistakes, which can be noticed by other humans, or by the same human after some time.,