Thread:User talk:WaitingforGodot/Criticisms of LessWrong/reply

I would love to talk about this, one at a time. I've not been around LW much (having only found it via this site, and only recently) so I don't have much depth with you all.

But when I read some of the posts, I start out feeling like I'm back in my Philo 101 class, where the ideas are so new, and so novel to the students (myself included back then), that we run around going "what if nothing is real" and think we are making some giant profound statements about the world. Then a year later, when we start taking it seriously we realize we weren't all the shit.

And two things you need to know, or take with a grain of salt, I'm over 40, and not been in any graduate level classes in nearly 20 years. And I strongly subscribe to the idea that there is something about what was termed "feminist philosophy" (for want of a better term) which says too much emphasis has been placed on what is called "rationality" especially in decision making, and has largely ignored the fact that the human mind works well beyond just that, including what we call "gut reaction" which is often the choice we make, and which is then PROVEN post decision (but extremely fast such that we can convince ourselves that our decisions were made rationally).

The two I'm most taken with are "cached thoughts", and the idea that you can truly create a more precise language that is somehow more useful in real world discussions. Those I'd love to talk about my view, and see where it stacks up. Could be me who changes my mind, after all. Like i said, it's possible my reaction has as much to do with the self righteous "I'm so special in my rational thinking" attitude of posts/posters, than the content. Though I suspect it's the content that most makes me shudder.