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On the off chance that you're actually trying to engage seriously here... you nod here in the general direction of an important point that comes up a fair bit on this site, namely that for human purposes it's not enough to be arbitrarily good at optimizing, it also matters what I'm optimizing for. Put another way: sure, one way of becoming really successful at achieving my goals is by discarding all goals that are difficult to achieve. One way of becoming really successful at promoting my values is by discarding my existing values and replacing them with some other values that are easier to promote. This general strategy is often referred to here as "wireheading" and generally dismissed as not worth pursuing. Admittedly, it's not precisely clear to me that what you're describing here matches up to that strategy, but then it's not precisely clear to me why you consider it the easiest way of being rational either.

Welcome to Lesswrong. We like rationality because it helps us achieve our goals. You might call it optimizing our lives. Unfortunately, mass media portrayals of "rationality" make it seem like smart people want to lose all emotions and become Vulcan. That's a stupid goal, and not what we mean by rationality If you have something you want to talk about, click Discussion in the heading, then post in the open thread.

I would rather avoid Tik-Tak as meet-up location, as well as similar bars/cafés. Loud music/loud crowd, little light, much smoke... These reasons are behind my suggestion to go to somewhere more restaurant-like. I myself will refrain from proposing further places, as too many options won't make it any easier.