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I completely agree. I would have phrased it as: A religious devotion to "rationality" is the most insidious form of irrationality.
by javert 13y ago
I completely agree. I would have phrased it as:
A religious devotion to "rationality" is the most insidious form of irrationality.
- saraid216 13y agoScare quotes are the great hallmark of a rationalist. </sarcasm>
- javert 13y agoWell, rationality can't be irrationality, and vice versa, so that's why scare quotes are necessary.
- lukifer 13y agoKirk would infamously defeat Spock at chess by making surprise moves that made no sense, thus confusing and destabilizing his opponent. A good rationalist should see genuine irrationality as part of their toolbox.
- javert 13y agoI thought you were basically trolling me before. > A good rationalist "Rationalism" is actually an error. It means thinking in a way that's disconnected from percepts. Rationalism is the opposite of "empiricism," which is also wrong. It means thinking without abstraction. tl;dr: being a "rationalist" is not good. Being "rational" is. > should see genuine irrationality as part of their toolbox Being genuinely irrational is never going to help you accomplish anything. Kirk was feigning irrationality.
- eli_gottlieb 13y agoExcept that Spock is a total strawman of a brainy person in the first place. Random deviations from what your opponent thinks is your strategy are in fact known-good components of good strategy.