I. - Some people don’t like the big R community very much.
AND
2a. - Some people don’t think improving the EA community small-r rationality/epistemics should be one of top ~3-5 EA priorities. OR 2b. - Some people do agree this is important, but don’t clearly see the extent to which the EA community imported healthy epistemic vigilance and norms from Rationalist or Rationality-adjacent circles
=>
- As a consequence, they are at risk of distancing from small r rationality as a collateral damage / by neglect
Also I think many people in the EA community don’t think it’s important to try hard at being small-r rational at the level of aliefs. No matter what is the actual situation revealed by actual decisions, I would expect the EA community to at least pay lip service to epistemics and reason, so I don’t think stated preferences are strong evidence.
“Being against small-r rationality is like being against kindness or virtue; no one thinks of themselves as taking that stand.” Yes I do agree almost no one thinks about themselves that way. I think it is maybe somewhat similar to “Being against effective charity”—I would be surprised if people though about themselves that way.
I don’t think so. I think in practice
I. - Some people don’t like the big R community very much.
AND
2a. - Some people don’t think improving the EA community small-r rationality/epistemics should be one of top ~3-5 EA priorities.
OR
2b. - Some people do agree this is important, but don’t clearly see the extent to which the EA community imported healthy epistemic vigilance and norms from Rationalist or Rationality-adjacent circles
=>
- As a consequence, they are at risk of distancing from small r rationality as a collateral damage / by neglect
Also I think many people in the EA community don’t think it’s important to try hard at being small-r rational at the level of aliefs. No matter what is the actual situation revealed by actual decisions, I would expect the EA community to at least pay lip service to epistemics and reason, so I don’t think stated preferences are strong evidence.
“Being against small-r rationality is like being against kindness or virtue; no one thinks of themselves as taking that stand.”
Yes I do agree almost no one thinks about themselves that way. I think it is maybe somewhat similar to “Being against effective charity”—I would be surprised if people though about themselves that way.