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ChristianKl comments on Palatable presentation of rationality to the layperson - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 07 June 2015 06:17:22PM 0 points [-]

It seems to in most cases.

I think the dominant thought on LW is that both Kahneman's system I and system II are important and useful. It's not that one is more rational than the other.

Comment author: eternal_neophyte 07 June 2015 06:23:32PM *  0 points [-]

I don't disagree, though "rationality" as outlined in the sequences is, if I understood correctly, basically a battery of methods for dealing with the weaknesses of system I by using system II style diagnosis & analysis of habitual irrationality in system I & having it absorb corrected patterns of thought. This process is most likely what people in general dislike.