retRen87

Oh this is a great breakdown, I totally agree. I feel there’s a morality hierarchy that’s akin to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.

People benefit from a sense of a family, a sense of community. It helps us feel more secure, both personally and to our loved ones.

I think the more I view things through this lenses the downstream benefits I see.

Ah good catch!!

The last paragraph discusses how he's resisted the label and then he closes with “the rationalists have walked the walk and rationaled the rational, and thus they’ve given me no choice but to stand up and be counted as one of them.”

He’s clearly identifying as a rationalist there

He already had a rationalist “coming out” like ages ago. Dude just make up your mind

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=2537