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user-inactivated  ·  4214 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Is Rationality Subjective?

I might believe I can flap my arms and fly, but I'll still go splat if I try to demonstrate my technique at the Grand Canyon.





BLOB_CASTLE  ·  4208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A valid point. Is death then the determiner of what is rational and what isn't?

user-inactivated  ·  4208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Surely not, but extreme cases are good places to look for counterexamples. There are many quite solid objects in the world for subjects who do not pay attention to them to trip over and get squished by.