Lumifer comments on Open Thread, Aug 29. - Sept 5. 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 12 September 2016 02:57:06PM 0 points [-]

From what I can (barely) understand, reguru is advocating the notion of enlightenment as understood in the East, if in a very confusing way. Abandoning the reliance on rationality is a major idea in Zen Buddhism, for example, and koans are one of the ways to move in that direction.

Comment author: reguru 13 September 2016 04:29:46AM 0 points [-]

I think that the territory might be the experience of enlightenment. I wonder what gjm, yudkowsky, Lumifer, reguru or some other rationalist would say after becoming enlightened.

Comment author: gjm 12 September 2016 04:20:29PM -1 points [-]

Yeah, I think s/he's aiming for something of the sort. I don't think s/he's doing it very well, though.