jimrandomh comments on Political ideas meant to provoke thought - Less Wrong

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Comment author: jimrandomh 02 June 2014 10:29:03PM 7 points [-]

So why not take advantage of that and use politics as a way to measure rationality? Since politics brings out the most irrationality, it should provide the strongest signal.

Only in one-on-one conversations or very small groups. If you try to use politics as a rationality test in a room with too many people, someone is going to fail and get triggered, and in the process they're going to cause everyone to have a very unpleasant evening.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 03 June 2014 07:39:36AM 4 points [-]

Also, if there are other people in the room, it is not obvious whether the person currently speaking is using their rationality skills to analyze the problem, or using their social skills to prevent other people from screaming.