Applied to Bucket Errors by Raemon ago

Pitfalls of Rationality are frequent error modes,modes, obstacles or problems that arise when people try to practice rationality, or engage with rationality-related materials. Related concepts include the "valley of bad rationality".

There are two threads touched in posts under this tag:

See also: Criticisms of the Rationalist Movement, IsValue of Rationality Any Good?

Applied to The Cowpox of Doubt by Multicore ago
Applied to Post/Pre by Multicore ago
Applied to Skills and Antiskills by Gyrodiot ago
Applied to Do we have it too easy? by Gyrodiot ago
Applied to [Link] Nerds are nuts by Multicore ago
Applied to De-Centering Bias by Multicore ago
Applied to Seduced by Imagination by Multicore ago
Applied to Don't Pull a Broken Chain by Raemon ago
Applied to The Costs of Rationality by Raemon ago
Applied to In praise of heuristics by Bucky ago