The author seems to be trying to say something, but it’s muddled. As though “being better at rationality” means “free from bias”. What we all need to better at

The author seems to be trying to say something, but it’s muddled. As though “being better at rationality” means “free from bias”. What we all need to better at is quantifying where we are. It might be productive to find a metric for rationality and another for political bent. The article seems to take the position that irrational and political are synonymous. Competitive forces mean that being biased and political are fairly rational, just operating on different variables from the apolitical. Don’t forget why “science proceeds one funeral at a time”. His choice of Alex Jones as irrational seems odd. Jones may be, but he’s irrational like a fox- if you’re accomplishing your goals via the actions you plan out, I think that’s a good working definition of rational. Maybe just not great at including all the best variables in your equation. The flames I’ll get from writing this will show that I’m less rational than Alex.