"rationalist" movementlooks insidenothing but unquestioned assumptions and cultural bias
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"rationalist" movement
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nothing but unquestioned assumptions and cultural biasi think the thing is these people don't really mean "rational" in that sense, they mean "obvious and self-evident to me" which is a whole different thing
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i think the thing is these people don't really mean "rational" in that sense, they mean "obvious and self-evident to me" which is a whole different thing
@ana i still believe that the most fundamental common trait of rationalists is the belief that they are exceptionally "smart" and special and able to perceive reality more clearly than average people. everything else (the scientific racism, the overall treatment of women, the moral contortions, the various forms of fixation on "superintelligence") flows out of that.
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@ana i still believe that the most fundamental common trait of rationalists is the belief that they are exceptionally "smart" and special and able to perceive reality more clearly than average people. everything else (the scientific racism, the overall treatment of women, the moral contortions, the various forms of fixation on "superintelligence") flows out of that.
@jplebreton @ana I'd say "well the problem is we somehow viewed rationality as an achieved state rather than an aspiration… we should be focusing rather than being right on being less wrong" but the rationalist group literally named "lesswrong" managed to convince themselves of the existence of a jealous God based on the Harry Potter fanfic they had written so now I have no fucking idea what to do
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@jplebreton @ana I'd say "well the problem is we somehow viewed rationality as an achieved state rather than an aspiration… we should be focusing rather than being right on being less wrong" but the rationalist group literally named "lesswrong" managed to convince themselves of the existence of a jealous God based on the Harry Potter fanfic they had written so now I have no fucking idea what to do
@mcc @ana identity and inborn qualities make for a really bad pairing with "intellectual integrity" / being rational and smart and correct, and LW is a community built squarely on that identity - again because of that bone deep commitment to being exceptional. one has to be willing to divest from those concepts entirely and being a flawed and biased and wrong-half-the-time creature despite best efforts, and owning the consequences of that.
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je n'ai pas fermé l'oeil
Franco Matticchio, 2006
tags : insomnie, #sante #illustration #comprendrelesexpressionsfrancaises
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Ho dato le fatture da pagare
Alla vita
Ha detto che non le paga
Adesso devo versare l'iva
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In omaggio, punzecchiature ai poveri locatori brevi, indigenti immaginari.
https://markliera.substack.com/p/ilmattonenontradisce-come-calcolare
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Il 28 ottobre 1955 nasce Bill Gates, cofondatore di Microsoft con Paul Allen. Durante gli studi ad Harvard crea una versione del BASIC per l’Altair 8800, da cui nasce l’azienda. Microsoft domina il software con Windows e Word.
Gates lascia la guida nel 1999 per dedicarsi alla Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, impegnata in salute, istruzione e povertà. Rimane tra i più ricchi e influenti al mondo in ambito tecnologico e filantropico.
