People who come across lesswrong and stick around long enough to actually read some posts often already have those attitudes and actively try to become less wrong.
In a sense, people on lesswrong could be compared to people who voluntarily visit a psychiatrist because they recognized that they suffer mental problems and whose attitude allows them to accept and admit their own weaknesses.
If you actively searched for content that can be found on lesswrong, or came across it and liked what you read, then all that lesswrong can do is to provide the details.
My life hasn’t changed all that much since I started reading Less Wrong. Hindsight bias makes it hard to tell, I guess, but I feel like pretty much the same person, or at least the person I would have evolved towards anyway...
That’s because the most important characteristic is wanting to change your mind while lesswrong can only tell you how to change your mind. It is because the most difficult action is trying to become less wrong while lesswrong can only tell you how to become less wrong.
If you decided to voluntarily seek help then you already helped yourself more than anyone else is capable of doing.
Attitudes and actions that can change your life:
You are curious and want to learn.
You want to become less wrong.
You actively try to learn to become less wrong.
People who come across lesswrong and stick around long enough to actually read some posts often already have those attitudes and actively try to become less wrong.
In a sense, people on lesswrong could be compared to people who voluntarily visit a psychiatrist because they recognized that they suffer mental problems and whose attitude allows them to accept and admit their own weaknesses.
If you actively searched for content that can be found on lesswrong, or came across it and liked what you read, then all that lesswrong can do is to provide the details.
That’s because the most important characteristic is wanting to change your mind while lesswrong can only tell you how to change your mind. It is because the most difficult action is trying to become less wrong while lesswrong can only tell you how to become less wrong.
If you decided to voluntarily seek help then you already helped yourself more than anyone else is capable of doing.
lesswrong.com can’t make you want to help yourself. lesswrong.com can’t make you want to read it. lesswrong.com is only an instructions manual.
People who don’t care are most likely not reading lesswrong.