Hmmm... so if akrasia/laziness is the only problem, then Modafinil solves everything?
In all seriousness and gullibility, I would expect that even a minor effort into rationality would have a large financial effect, even if you only exert it for five minutes a year when you're programming your IRA/40 whatever.
Does modafinal literally eliminate akrasia for you? I need to get me some of that.
I think that was one factor Yvain mentioned. The other two I think are more damning to the whole idea of rationality as winning.
One is that most people who are successful are rational when they need to be in their field, without having to make a formal study and be rational all the time.
The other idea is that rationality is only a small small slice of what makes you successful, and that there are probably a ton of other factors that help even more.
One idea that Yvain didn'...
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