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This is a thread for listing Solstice and Megameetup events (dates, locations, links, etc.) Those of you who have not been may be wondering what a Solstice is in this context. Secular Solstice is a holiday designed by and for rationalists. It started as an attempt to match the sort...

Previously: Eliezer's "Against Rationalization" sequence I've run out of things to say about rationalization for the moment. Hopefully there'll be an Against Rationalization III a few years from now, but ideally some third author will write it. For now, a quick recap to double as a table of contents: *...

Previously: Testing for Rationalization One of the red flags was "disagreeing with experts". While all the preceding tools apply here, there's a suite of special options for examining this particular scenario. The "World is Mad" Dialectic Back in 2015, Ozymandias wrote: > I think a formative moment for any rationalist–...

Previously: Avoiding Rationalization So you've seen reason to suspect you might be rationalizing, and you can't avoid the situation, what now? Here are some tests you can apply to see whether you were rationalizing. Reverse the Consequences Let's explain this one via example: Some Abstinence Educators like to use the...

Previously: Red Flags for Rationalization It is often said that the best way to resist temptation is to avoid it. This includes the temptation to rationalize. You can avoid rationalization by denying it the circumstances in which it would take place. When you avoid rationalization, you don't need to worry...

Previously: Why a New Rationalization Sequence? What are Red Flags? A red flag is a warning sign that you may have rationalized. Something that is practical to observe and more likely in the rationalization case than the non-rationalization. Some are things which are likely to cause rationalization. Others are likely...

This is the first in a five-post mini-sequence about rationalization, which I intend to post one-per-day. And you may ask, why should we have such a sequence? What is Rationalization and Why is it Bad? For those of you just tuning in, rationalization is when you take a conclusion you...