After all, if you had the complete decision process, you could run it as an AI, and I'd be coding it up right now.

Okay, so either (a) I just teleported somewhere else entirely (b) they can fold space like no one's business or (c) they are simply ignoring all the rules.

Rationality is the master lifehack which distinguishes which other lifehacks to use.

Remember, if you succeed in everything you try in life, you're living below your full potential and you should take up more difficult or daring things.

I ask the fundamental question of rationality: Why do you believe what you believe? What do you think you know and how do you think you know it?

Litmus test: If you can't describe Ricardo's Law of Comparative Advantage and explain why people find it counterintuitive, you don't know enough about economics to direct any criticism or praise at "capitalism" because you don't know what other people are referring to when they use that word.

Moore's Law of Mad Science: Every eighteen months, the minimum IQ necessary to destroy the world drops by one point.