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		yawnxyz 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Guess I'm a rationalist now 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...

comp_throw7 3 days ago [–]

> 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.

yawnxyz 3 days ago | [–]

maybe, but I Stanford scientists are a different breed of rationalists, and not Rationalists

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