Re:What is ‘elite overproduction’?
by FeepingCreature on Friday August 20, 2021 @05:54AM
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> Plus it isn't rational to identify as a rationalist, so the really good rationalists are hard to spot.
Depends whether you're valuing broad acceptance or a tight-knit peer group of people who get you.
Though of course the real trick would be to have both, this can be hard in our omnisurveillance society. I just don't think it's a universal law that people who are easy to spot are bad at it. Certainly people who are bad at it are easy to spot.
Rationalism is almost by design going to be either different logic or a different position from what seems and feels like a good idea. That is why it gets its own word.
So while overt rationalists are often bad communicators, it is quite possible that what you are identifying is inherent in the message anyway. If the rationalists agree with common sense then there isn't much to talk about.
Plus it isn't rational to identify as a rationalist, so the really good rationalists are hard to spot.