Rationalism responds to its failures, in the face of nebulosity, by making more complicated formal theories.| Meta-rationality
Routine activity usually goes smoothly overall, despite frequent minor glitches, because we have methods for repairing trouble.| Meta-rationality
We actively work to perceive aspects of the world as meaningful, in terms of our purposes, in context.| Meta-rationality
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A pragmatic understanding of how systematic rationality works in practice can help you level up your technical work.| Meta-rationality
Defining the subject matter: rationality, rationalism, reasonableness, and meta-rationality.| Meta-rationality
Reconfiguring categories, properties, and relationships is a meta-rational skill—key in scientific revolutions.| Meta-rationality
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I think a key feature of the sorts of justification practises David describes is that if you try to go too deep, you fail. You can come up with fancy theories to try to explain why people have the attitudes those do, but if you try referencing those theories when justifying an action, then it’s not likely to go down well. I mean, evo-psych for instance. Regardless of the truth or otherwise of it, most people know nothing about it, and of those that do, I bet most think it’s either some fa...| metarationality.com
I enjoyed reading Computation and Human Experience, which you have recommended many times and to which you have contributed its main research. However, I apologize if there isn’t a better place to comment about the book. If there is, which this comment is entirely about, please point me in the right direction (including moving the discussion elsewhere).| metarationality.com
Everyday reasonableness is the foundation of technical, formal, and systematic rationality.| Meta-rationality
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