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Comment author: hyporational 06 November 2013 02:38:11AM 1 point [-]

I'd probably want more people who share my values than more rational people. Rational people who share my values is better. Rational people who don't share my values would be the worst outcome.

I don't think the school system was built by rationalists, so I'm not sure where you were going with that example.

How effective has fiction been in spreading other ideas compared to other methods?