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Sure, but don't confuse the causality. If EY realized the FAI problem was the most pressing of all problems, and only then inserted himself into the midst of it, then this is an example of rationality not rationalization.

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Eliezer: "Thou shalt give me examples."

Put this in a google search box:site:overcomingbias.com "and lo"site:overcomingbias.com "unto"

I'll retract the qualifier "when speaking of himself", which I used because the examples I remembered were from the recent string of autobiographical posts. It seems to be a general inclination to use occasional archaic words.

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