"Basics of Rationalist Discourse" by Duncan Sabien
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How to Break the 9th Guideline
Categories and conceptual handles are often like gravitational attractors pulling people's models toward a baseline archetype or stereotype. Here are some ways you might feel when you're about to break the ninth guideline. The way in which the thing under discussion is an instance of X is the most important factor, dwarfing all other considerations. Hold yourself to the absolute highest standard when directly modeling or assessing others' internal states, values, and thought processes.
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