https://old-wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Rationality#Instrumental_rationality
influenced by cognitive bias
“rationality is not about recognizing facts, but about which facts are relevant”
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/CqyJzDZWvGhhFJ7dY/belief-in-belief (It’s easier to believe you ought to believe X than to actually believe X.)
https://www.lesswrong.com/w/arguments-as-soldiers
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/fQ5bKXZ69qQ5kZhpd/dealing-with-curiosity-stoppers
When you find yourself in philosophical difficulties, the first line of defense is not to define your problematic terms, but to see whether you can think without using those terms at all. Or any of their short synonyms. And be careful not to let yourself invent a new word to use instead. Describe outward observables and interior mechanisms; don’t use a single handle, whatever that handle may be.