RichardKennaway comments on 2014 Survey Results - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Kaj_Sotala 05 January 2015 10:41:54AM 2 points [-]

I have no idea whether this is remotely related to postrationalism; if anyone actually knows what postrationalism is, please write a FAQ.

There's Postrationality, Table of Contents, though the author hasn't written any follow-up posts yet.

Comment author: RichardKennaway 05 January 2015 05:34:02PM 3 points [-]

There's Postrationality, Table of Contents, though the author hasn't written any follow-up posts yet.

Postrationality appears to stand in the same relation to rationality as Romanticism did to the Enlightenment. That is, a falling away from the Way, not a progression past it; the easy, broad path and not the strait and narrow path that must be walked to hit the small target of truth.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 05 January 2015 05:55:51PM *  3 points [-]

In particular, rationality tends to give advice like “ignore your intuitions/feelings, and rely on conscious reasoning and explicit calculation”.

I can't tell if this is an Ideological Turing Test failure, or just a lie.

Comment author: Leonhart 05 January 2015 06:32:59PM 1 point [-]

Upvoted for informing me that "straight and narrow" was a malformation. Also, yes.

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