You can't distinguish your group by doing things that are rational and believing things that are true. If you want to set yourself apart from other people you have to do things that are arbitrary and believe things that are false.

Paul Graham
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You cannot differentiate your group by doing things that are rational and believing things that are true. If you want to set yourself apart from other people you have to do things that are arbitrary and believe things that are false. There is no way to make it work. You can't be rational and believe in irrationality at the same time.

It doesn't work. Rationality is about finding truth, but irrationality is about getting people to go along with you because you're making them feel good about themselves.

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