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eli_sennesh comments on Confession Thread: Mistakes as an aspiring rationalist - Less Wrong Discussion

18 Post author: diegocaleiro 02 June 2015 06:10PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 04 June 2015 03:41:37PM 1 point [-]

Most rationalists are less arrogant in person than they should about their subject areas

You're joking, right? We're arrogant as all hell, most of us are. I know I am. And it needs to fucking stop, because arrogance is ugly even when you're knowledgeable.