[extropy-chat] Mature rationality

[Paul Bridger]

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 17:43:54 -0700 (PDT), Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> If everybody followed eliezers rules, nobody would ever bet against the
> house... what a FUN world THAT would be, eh?

I agree that it's great that there are (other) people who bet against
the house, but I don't really think losing is fun.

Chris Hibbert:
>But here, he seems to be saying that there is no
>rationale for times when you are doing things other than thinking about
>and acting on the truth.
>The part that seems hyperbolic is that this eschews time for relaxation,
>time for fiction, time for art.

It's rational to relax when you need it. Just don't expect any work to
be completed while you read fiction.