# New User's Guide to LessWrong — LessWrong  ## Metadata - Author: [[lesswrong.com]] - Full Title: New User's Guide to LessWrong — LessWrong - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - URL: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/LbbrnRvc9QwjJeics/new-user-s-guide-to-lesswrong ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > While *truthfulness* is a property of beliefs, *rationality* is a property of reasoning processes. Our definition[[Writing/research/The aesthetics of graphic design 1/the aesthetics of typography/3. Fittingness]](https://www.lesswrong.com/#fn9mu8dw1lo7) of rationality is that **a more rational reasoning process tends to arrive at true beliefs and good decisions more often than a less rational process.** For example, a reasoning process that responds to evidence is more likely to believe true things than one that just goes with what's convenient to believe. An aspiring rationalist[[4. Objections]](https://www.lesswrong.com/#fn3k2kw0j6txz) is someone who aspires to improve their own reasoning process to arrive at truth more often. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jz67xhvvscskm3d6w2rxtnxt))