I think the key issue here is that CFAR workshops were optimized around being 4 days long. I think teaching someone numeracy in 4 days is very hard, and the kind of things you end up being able to convey look different (and still pretty valuable, but I do think end up missing a large fraction of the art of the art of rationality).
That makes sense, but it should’ve been at least mentioned somewhere that they think they aren’t teaching the most important skills, and they think that numeracy is more important. The views expressed in the post might not be views of the whole CFAR staff.
I think the key issue here is that CFAR workshops were optimized around being 4 days long. I think teaching someone numeracy in 4 days is very hard, and the kind of things you end up being able to convey look different (and still pretty valuable, but I do think end up missing a large fraction of the art of the art of rationality).
That makes sense, but it should’ve been at least mentioned somewhere that they think they aren’t teaching the most important skills, and they think that numeracy is more important. The views expressed in the post might not be views of the whole CFAR staff.