The dual mating strategy doesn’t mean anything like that though.
The “thug” in question will will almost always fall within the
woman’s approximate social strata. Hence, for our gorgeous sorority
girl, it’s not going to be a common street thug that they are interested
in, though in certain circumstances that can happen, but their own
class’ manifestation of that archetype. I’m sure you can imagine the
obvious implication there.
So in no way, shape or form, does the rationality movement have a
monopoly over the most talented quantitative thinkers in our society,
which is interesting.
There were [quite a few luminaries](https://futureoflife.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Asilomar-bios.pdf?x89399) at the Asilomar Conference on Beneficial AI. This makes them rationalist-adjacent, much in the same way that attending the Academy Awards makes you Scientology-adjacent.
The people genuinely interested in “instrumental rationality for the
purposes of winning” are out there building their career, working out,
and forming relationships.
People here are probably getting sick of my devil’s advocate stuff,
but I think this thread actually shows pretty strong self awareness and
an ability for genuine self criticism.
Really, if you look at the top comments, it sounds exactly like
something someone would write on /r/sneerclub.
The people genuinely interested in “instrumental rationality for the
purposes of winning” are out there building their career, working out,
and forming relationships. Frankly, that’s not what the online (and I
assume IRL) rationalist community is built for. With just a frosting of
lip service to the instrumental side of things in order to rationalize
(ha!) all this stuff actually being useful, the whole rationalist
community is based around scratching that itch for novel, interesting
information that’s well written. Just like any other internet stream, it
is not much more than a lever for our inner rat to pull. The relatively
high intelligence and offbeat set of interests around here means that
this takes a form other than people - say - following fashionistas on
instagram, but it’s the same basic behavior. In other words, the
rationalist community is not actually about self improvement, so we
shouldn’t expect that from it’s participants. Hot, successful people
become hot and successful through orthogonal means. If those are goals
of yours, you should look to other resources.
And:
People who are weird and/or unattractive are not socially successful
during pre-adolescence and adolescence. They seek out other activities
that are more egosyntonic. If they’re even reasonably smart,
intellectual domains can provide a soothing self-identity – those
popular kids are too dumb for the likes of me, that’s why I’m not liked.
Video games and other nerdy subcultures are also seductive because they
are open to people who aren’t attractive. So people start to identify as
smart nerds when they’re young. Lo and behold, a community full of smart
nerdy types ends up being unattractive.
And:
My impression is that the irl rationalist community serves in part as
a haven and safe space for aspies and weirdos, even creating social
rituals to help these guys fulfill their unresolved intimacy needs w
polyamory and the cuddling orgies. I personally enjoy reading the
internet debates on the rationalist websites, but I have little desire
to meet “rationalists” irl because I don’t want or need to be a
participant in such a thing. I am probably slightly above average in
terms of attractiveness and so perhaps other attractive men have a
similar thought process to mine.
I’m just saying, are we really necessary here? It seems like
there’s already very high quality sneering going on without us.
I wonder how much of this is driven by the community leaders. If
Scott lifted, would that convince others to lift? Or would it attract
people who would have lifted anyway?
when you have definitely talked to many girls
REALLY MAKES YOU THINK…
Alternative title: Smug superiority as a pickup tactic
The unexamined life, everybody.
Is that like a Jeffersonian yeoman, except he works in the bitcoin mines?
People here are probably getting sick of my devil’s advocate stuff, but I think this thread actually shows pretty strong self awareness and an ability for genuine self criticism.
Really, if you look at the top comments, it sounds exactly like something someone would write on /r/sneerclub.
And:
And:
I’m just saying, are we really necessary here? It seems like there’s already very high quality sneering going on without us.