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Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by yawnxyz on Thursday June 19, 2025 @04:13PM (#44322140)
Having just moved to the Bay Area, I've met a few AI "safety researchers" who seems to come from this EA / Rationalist camp, and they all behave more like preachers than thinkers / academics / researchers.

I don't think any "Rationalists" I ever met would actually consider concepts like scientific method...

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Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by comp_throw7 on Friday June 20, 2025 @03:10AM (#44325389)
> I don't think any "Rationalists" I ever met would actually consider concepts like scientific method...

In that case I don't think you've met any of the people under discussion.

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Re:Guess I'm a Rationalist Now by yawnxyz on Friday June 20, 2025 @04:29AM (#44325700)
maybe, but I Stanford scientists are a different breed of rationalists, and not Rationalists
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