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Let's turn the question around then. Would you like to be less rational? I doubt anyone would say yes to that.

trabant00 6y ago
Being too rational - over thinking, ruminating, are real things. I think more and more people would answer yes. "Rational = good" is the opinion of just one philosophy - the Enlightenment. And it has been rightfully criticized by all the other philosophy schools that came after it.
- ben_w 6y ago
  Overthinking can be a problem, though I think this is only because of one of our other biases: we mistake how often we think about something for how likely it is to actually happen, the “availability heuristic”. I get the impression you’re thinking of and arguing against the sort of pseudo-rationality portrayed on TV and film: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zuJmtSqt3TsnBTYyu/communicating-rationality-to-the-public-julia-galef-s-the https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zuJmtSqt3TsnBTYyu/communicat...
- hntrader 6y ago
  "Being too rational - over thinking, ruminating" Why is overthinking and ruminating an extension of rationality? Overthinking is a departure from rationality rather than an example of rationality, and ruminating is a psychological problem stemming from anxiety.
  - coldtea 6y ago
    >Why is overthinking and ruminating an extension of rationality? Because it's a trait will all too often see associated with people touting their "rationality"... >Overthinking is a departure from rationality rather than an example of rationality If you redifine rationality to exclude overthinking then yes, but you're cheating. You can be totally rational and overthinking, with perfectly good, all the more elaborate arguments...
coldtea 6y ago
Anybody who feels too nerdy/well actually/cold/disconected because of his too much thinking, everybody who sees that they miss the holistic forest for rationaly thinking about the trees, everybody who destroyed their life because of their higher IQ given ability to rationalize all kinds of BS with smart arguments, would answer yes...

Being too rational - over thinking, ruminating, are real things. I think more and more people would answer yes. "Rational = good" is the opinion of just one philosophy - the Enlightenment. And it has been rightfully criticized by all the other philosophy schools that came after it.

ben_w 6y ago
Overthinking can be a problem, though I think this is only because of one of our other biases: we mistake how often we think about something for how likely it is to actually happen, the “availability heuristic”. I get the impression you’re thinking of and arguing against the sort of pseudo-rationality portrayed on TV and film: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zuJmtSqt3TsnBTYyu/communicating-rationality-to-the-public-julia-galef-s-the https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/zuJmtSqt3TsnBTYyu/communicat...
hntrader 6y ago
"Being too rational - over thinking, ruminating" Why is overthinking and ruminating an extension of rationality? Overthinking is a departure from rationality rather than an example of rationality, and ruminating is a psychological problem stemming from anxiety.
- coldtea 6y ago
  >Why is overthinking and ruminating an extension of rationality? Because it's a trait will all too often see associated with people touting their "rationality"... >Overthinking is a departure from rationality rather than an example of rationality If you redifine rationality to exclude overthinking then yes, but you're cheating. You can be totally rational and overthinking, with perfectly good, all the more elaborate arguments...

coldtea 6y ago

Anybody who feels too nerdy/well actually/cold/disconected because of his too much thinking, everybody who sees that they miss the holistic forest for rationaly thinking about the trees, everybody who destroyed their life because of their higher IQ given ability to rationalize all kinds of BS with smart arguments, would answer yes...