@nullpointered imo the Rat attempts to ignore and overrule the subconscious result in ppl turning into postrats and overindulging in woo till they balance out their intuitive deficits and integrate the two halves
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Reply · Jul 27, 2022@ask_ourself @tolstoybb It’s bad when ppl use it to rationalize the baser instincts of an underdeveloped subconsciousReply · Mar 2, 2023@bobz44 so you have a Rat in the Brain problem!?Reply · Jan 12, 2023@schadenfrog nah it's all of a piece- underdeveloped intuitive feelz -> overreliance on rationality -> predictable failures wrt adversarial social env…Tweet · Oct 25, 2023rat - postrat divide will in retrospect foreshadow the alignment solution