postrationalism does not, has not, and will never exist
May 16, 2023 at 8:50 PM
postrationalism does not, has not, and will never exist
somehow I fell in with the tpot rats/postrats on tw*tter without ever having read lesswrong on purpose & only a little SSC.
the only LW in my life was & is wittgenstein & I came by my postrationalism honest via one f. nietzsche
the only LW in my life was & is wittgenstein & I came by my postrationalism honest via one f. nietzsche
September 17, 2026 at 4:41 AM
somehow I fell in with the tpot rats/postrats on tw*tter without ever having read lesswrong on purpose & only a little SSC.
the only LW in my life was & is wittgenstein & I came by my postrationalism honest via one f. nietzsche
the only LW in my life was & is wittgenstein & I came by my postrationalism honest via one f. nietzsche
the reason why postrationalism flowed so seamlessly out of rationalism is that this crowd at heart doesn't really believe in the notion of mind-independent reality
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
the reason why postrationalism flowed so seamlessly out of rationalism is that this crowd at heart doesn't really believe in the notion of mind-independent reality
i think i agree with hoisting it up so nrx points to postrationalism
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
i think i agree with hoisting it up so nrx points to postrationalism
"Say what you will about the tenets of postrationalism but at least it's an ethos, Dude"
February 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"Say what you will about the tenets of postrationalism but at least it's an ethos, Dude"
Yeah rationalism and postrationalism are absolutely full of smart people with similar brain problems.
June 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Yeah rationalism and postrationalism are absolutely full of smart people with similar brain problems.
tpot is "this part of twitter" and kind of came to mean a certain loose part of twitter focused around things like effective altruism, transhumanism, trying to bring about the technological singularity, rationalist? postrationalism? idk. lots of stuff. they go to vibe camp each year, they do drugs
December 12, 2024 at 7:08 AM
tpot is "this part of twitter" and kind of came to mean a certain loose part of twitter focused around things like effective altruism, transhumanism, trying to bring about the technological singularity, rationalist? postrationalism? idk. lots of stuff. they go to vibe camp each year, they do drugs
I think it is narrower, implying some degree of fruitful interaction, usually in form of a shared interest or epistemology, not just yelling. www.lesswrong.com/posts/2Ee5DP... is how rats themselves write about it. Personally, I think postrationalism is subset of rat-adjacent, but otherwise I agree.
Rationalists, Post-Rationalists, And Rationalist-Adjacents — LessWrong
I think it's lovely and useful that we have labels, not just for rationalist, but for rationalist-adjacent and for post-rationalist. But these labels…
www.lesswrong.com
September 28, 2026 at 10:26 PM
I think it is narrower, implying some degree of fruitful interaction, usually in form of a shared interest or epistemology, not just yelling. www.lesswrong.com/posts/2Ee5DP... is how rats themselves write about it. Personally, I think postrationalism is subset of rat-adjacent, but otherwise I agree.
tpot is more postrationalism, hence the synthesis between thinking clearly & attuning oneself to vibes. also hi i think im in this picture
July 27, 2026 at 11:34 PM
tpot is more postrationalism, hence the synthesis between thinking clearly & attuning oneself to vibes. also hi i think im in this picture
maybe I'll just settle into one of thos types that are vaguely witchy in a "the power of psychology" way. empty spaces type shit. FUCK it's all postrationalism
September 4, 2023 at 11:28 PM
maybe I'll just settle into one of thos types that are vaguely witchy in a "the power of psychology" way. empty spaces type shit. FUCK it's all postrationalism
“postrationalism” is only possible insofar as these ideas enjoyed such a degree of power and success that second order corrections were needed, things like “cognitive biases” ended up being faker than appears at first glance
March 8, 2026 at 10:27 PM
“postrationalism” is only possible insofar as these ideas enjoyed such a degree of power and success that second order corrections were needed, things like “cognitive biases” ended up being faker than appears at first glance
allowing the Eternal Tory to infest their movement and cause it to degenerate into the farces of HBD and postrationalism) rather than the wrong ones ("left"-Heideggerian cant and chauvinism about being able to embrace finitude).
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
allowing the Eternal Tory to infest their movement and cause it to degenerate into the farces of HBD and postrationalism) rather than the wrong ones ("left"-Heideggerian cant and chauvinism about being able to embrace finitude).
On #Rationalism, #EffectiveAltruism, and #PostRationalism:
“Rational Magic”, The New Atlantis (www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...).
#EliezerYudkowsky #MetaTribe #Rationality #LessWrong #OvercomingBias #SlateStarCodex
“Rational Magic”, The New Atlantis (www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...).
#EliezerYudkowsky #MetaTribe #Rationality #LessWrong #OvercomingBias #SlateStarCodex
How “post-rationalism” is reshaping tech culture
Tara Isabella Burton on Silicon Valley’s Endarkenment
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 27, 2023 at 9:12 AM
On #Rationalism, #EffectiveAltruism, and #PostRationalism:
“Rational Magic”, The New Atlantis (www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...).
#EliezerYudkowsky #MetaTribe #Rationality #LessWrong #OvercomingBias #SlateStarCodex
“Rational Magic”, The New Atlantis (www.thenewatlantis.com/publications...).
#EliezerYudkowsky #MetaTribe #Rationality #LessWrong #OvercomingBias #SlateStarCodex
Latest take on TPOT/postrationalism: "were once rationalists, or members of adjacent communities like the effective altruism movement, but grew disillusioned"
illegibility stay winning
illegibility stay winning
May 16, 2023 at 4:06 AM
Latest take on TPOT/postrationalism: "were once rationalists, or members of adjacent communities like the effective altruism movement, but grew disillusioned"
illegibility stay winning
illegibility stay winning
I just realized that Chapman in [Agre and Chapman, 1987] here is David Chapman who later semi-unwittingly became a founding figure of "postrationalism", a tendency which unfortunately ended up devolving into TPOT
From a 1995 paper by Stuart Russell
"What counts in the first instance is what the agent does, not necessarily what it thinks, or even whether it thinks at all."
"What counts in the first instance is what the agent does, not necessarily what it thinks, or even whether it thinks at all."
May 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I just realized that Chapman in [Agre and Chapman, 1987] here is David Chapman who later semi-unwittingly became a founding figure of "postrationalism", a tendency which unfortunately ended up devolving into TPOT
that's exactly what postrationalism (what TPOT originally was about) was supposed to be about? That's what the "post-" part meant
September 8, 2023 at 8:30 PM
that's exactly what postrationalism (what TPOT originally was about) was supposed to be about? That's what the "post-" part meant
EXPLAIN TPOT TO ME OR I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU! DON'T DUMB IT DOWN INTO SOME VAGUE SHIT! EXPLAIN TPOT TO ME RIGHT NOW OR I'LL LITERALLY FUCKING KILL YOU! WHAT THE FUCK IS POSTRATIONALISM? WHAT THE FUCK ARE "VIBES"? DON'T DUMB IT DOWN OR I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU
May 3, 2023 at 5:55 AM
EXPLAIN TPOT TO ME OR I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU! DON'T DUMB IT DOWN INTO SOME VAGUE SHIT! EXPLAIN TPOT TO ME RIGHT NOW OR I'LL LITERALLY FUCKING KILL YOU! WHAT THE FUCK IS POSTRATIONALISM? WHAT THE FUCK ARE "VIBES"? DON'T DUMB IT DOWN OR I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU
“Reading Pharmako-AI, Amor Cringe, and Air Age Blueprint together feels like being trapped in Theodor Adorno’s nightmare blunt rotation.”
on K Allado McDowell, Silicon Valley Postrationalism, ayahuasca greenwashed technocapital, and GPT-3/“AI” writing....
on K Allado McDowell, Silicon Valley Postrationalism, ayahuasca greenwashed technocapital, and GPT-3/“AI” writing....
November 23, 2024 at 3:35 AM
“Reading Pharmako-AI, Amor Cringe, and Air Age Blueprint together feels like being trapped in Theodor Adorno’s nightmare blunt rotation.”
on K Allado McDowell, Silicon Valley Postrationalism, ayahuasca greenwashed technocapital, and GPT-3/“AI” writing....
on K Allado McDowell, Silicon Valley Postrationalism, ayahuasca greenwashed technocapital, and GPT-3/“AI” writing....
Yup. But also, postrationalism requires new forms of literacy, right?
Like, it’s the “nothing is impossible and everything is permitted” of metaphysics, which means the ethical bar actually needs to go much higher.
Like, it’s the “nothing is impossible and everything is permitted” of metaphysics, which means the ethical bar actually needs to go much higher.
September 8, 2023 at 8:36 PM
Yup. But also, postrationalism requires new forms of literacy, right?
Like, it’s the “nothing is impossible and everything is permitted” of metaphysics, which means the ethical bar actually needs to go much higher.
Like, it’s the “nothing is impossible and everything is permitted” of metaphysics, which means the ethical bar actually needs to go much higher.
*not a sociopath voice* hey @Meaningness, what are you gonna do now that postrationalism is a subculture?
July 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
*not a sociopath voice* hey @Meaningness, what are you gonna do now that postrationalism is a subculture?
🆕✉️🐀 "That “postrationalism” has already had four iterations suggests that it is a Historical Inevitability." meaningness.substack.com/p/a-prophesy...
A prophesy for postrationalism—or an elegy
“A fun and silly scene that might eventually address the fundamental problems of postmodernity”
meaningness.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🆕✉️🐀 "That “postrationalism” has already had four iterations suggests that it is a Historical Inevitability." meaningness.substack.com/p/a-prophesy...