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Rationality only exists within a frame

5 tweets · March 2021 · 94 likes · 11 retweets · read on Twitter

it's only possible to be rational within a frame

it's only possible to be rational within a frame = without a frame, it's impossible to be rational (exoteric meaning 🤔🤓) = within a frame, it's *only* possible to be rational (esoteric meaning 🤫🤯)

"this esoteric one implies that if you see someone go from doing rational things to irrational things, what happened was they just switched frames" — @DanielTabakman

@DanielTabakman @DanielTabakman elaborates "ohhhh, you know what the implication of this is? within a frame, choice is an illusion" Me: "which leaves only frame choice I guess.... whatever that is 🙃"

relevant thread about the difference between revealing consensus and finding consensus:

Matthew Pierce @MJPiercello ·

A classically constructed rational argument has just three parts: Evidence (facts): “given these data points” Reasoning (logic): “and these arguments” Conclusions (results): “it follows that…” 2/