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The actual answer is that rationalists are highly successful, but successful rationalists tend not to talk loudly about the weird esoteric thing they learned th
by mordymoop 6y ago
The actual answer is that rationalists are highly successful, but successful rationalists tend not to talk loudly about the weird esoteric thing they learned their mindset from, because they know how to read a room.
Unfortunately my only evidence is being a successful rationalist and knowing a lot of successful rationalists.
- anm89 6y agoRight. Has anyone ever surveyed successful people at large on their views on rationalism? I wouldn't guess that most successful people are rationalists but I would definitely bet that a very significantly higher number of successful people are rationalist then the population in general, even if it's still a small number. Then again, having a stated preference for philosophical camp at all probably corresponds highly with success against the population who is totally uninterested or hasn't gotten enough education to be exposed. Either way I don't buy the premise.
- klipt 6y agoI think most successful people would say "of course I'm rational but what's the point of making an -ism out of it?"
- matthewdgreen 6y agoGood branding always incorporates a word that people find desirable. The very best branding selects entire branches of human endeavor and claims them as its own.
- klipt 6y agoHas anyone tried starting a cult of goodism?