And yet a consideration that, in my experience, rationalists ignore at their own expense is that human factors like familiarity weigh in to the thinking of the

And yet a consideration that, in my experience, rationalists ignore at their own expense is that human factors like familiarity weigh in to the thinking of the typical layperson. Many people might bristle at, and feel "told" or "admonished" by this line of argumentation. I'm all for methods to encourage greater rationality. I'm all for a world where, someday, folks are doing this sort of calculus more often in their lives. We're not there, yet. The approach you are taking here falls short in being a persuasive, and thus effective, argument. imo, more awareness and effort needs to go into the rational community itself trying to get more in touch with what sort of, well, let's call them "less rational", methods work effectively for/with/"on" the general populace. I know, dark arts and all that. I'm not suggesting to outright lie to people. I am suggesting that falling into the typical mind fallacy is a sort of highly visible antipattern exhibited, in my experience, by rationalists. I'm suggesting that a world where a person helps save orangutans and rainforests and acts as a conscientious, charitable giver is better than the world where they don't. I'm suggesting to focus on that good, and then do work where you can to make the world even more better. Perhaps a look into the works of David Chapman [1] could help, here. Perhaps a greater appreciation for the complexity and subjective reality of other humans' thought processes and rationalizations, to them, would help you make better use of empathy and prosociality to become even more effective. [1] https://meaningness.com/deconstructing-yourself-6 https://meaningness.com/deconstructing-yourself-6