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Thomas comments on Personal Benefits from Rationality - Less Wrong Discussion

5 Post author: Celer 12 May 2011 01:08AM

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Comment author: Thomas 12 May 2011 07:25:16PM -2 points [-]

Hence you seem to experience a net loss by being rational over not being.

Internal rationality I take as granted. But any cooperation with not so rational people is more difficult than with those (much) more rational.

The rationality increases the communication bandwidth.

What else do you expect - except a better information exchange with others if the rationality goes up with time?

What else?

Comment author: MartinB 12 May 2011 08:14:47PM 1 point [-]

I recommend you re:read the original posting and the other comments. There seems to be a difference in how you interpret the question and everyone else.

Comment author: Thomas 13 May 2011 04:39:20AM *  -1 points [-]

Seeing the thing. just as everybody else, or at least as the local majority? How do you call it? The confirmation bias?