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jaibot comments on [LINK] Why I'm not on the Rationalist Masterlist - Less Wrong Discussion

21 Post author: Apprentice 06 January 2014 12:16AM

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Comment author: jaibot 06 January 2014 05:20:02PM *  8 points [-]

Shelve the meta-speculation until you've at least checked speculation-prime.

"Our problem is that we're too good" is a really, really, really suspicious thing for a human to say. Have you considered the possibility that it might not be true?

(Also, request to taboo the term "politically correct")

Comment author: [deleted] 07 January 2014 09:22:12PM 8 points [-]

"Our problem is that we're too good" is exactly what any community based around values uncommon in the world at large -- or at least not visibly common and visibly commonly not held -- would say. Epistemic rationality is not visibly common and visibly commonly not held.

Comment author: Erdrick 07 January 2014 07:29:10AM 1 point [-]

Upvoted for having my favorite rationality quote of the last month.