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BUZZING· 77%1h 32m·2021-04-19·Science143 | Julia Galef on Openness, Bias, and Rationality
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas · 143
Mom, apple pie, and rationality — all things that are unquestionably good, right? But rationality, as much as we might value it, is easier to aspire to than to achieve. And there are more than a few hot takes on the market suggesting that we shouldn't even want to be rational — that it's inefficient or maladaptive.…
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