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> dang is a Taoist The Rationalists got one thing right at least: "We are only aspiring Rationalists". (I would add: "Or so it may seem.") See also: Science,
by mistermann 2y ago
> dang is a Taoist
The Rationalists got one thing right at least: "We are only aspiring Rationalists". (I would add: "Or so it may seem.")
See also: Science, Humanism/Skepticism, Atheism, etc.
> maybe physicists are hedgehogs who imagine themselves foxes
Maybe....but one thing that can be observed is that they often imagine themselves to be omniscient.
> Kaczynski.. too much of a logician? (Dare I suggest he was special XD?)
You may!
- vinnyvichy 2y agoHaha touche. Btw.. I didn't want to look like I was the kind of person to put valproate [experimental protocols] in the same bin as psychedelics (which are tainted with profit and other motives).. I just thought it would be a minor step forward if we could observe and manipulate our own learning processeses (as something close to sensations?).. as opposed to being limited to observing what children or experts do.
- 082349872349872 2y agoHave psychedelics changed since my day? They used to be dirt cheap, which pretty much kept all the profit-chasers away. I guess th' freaks did have their own motives, tho