Question for anyone that’s taking the course: is it worthwhile for the average LW’er? I assume most of us have an above-average familiarity with these topics.
I’ve done the first 6 weeks now, and finding it very easy—but I’m definitely learning something each week.
If you already know about the roles of different parts of the brain (e.g. orbitofrontal cortex, amygdala, DLPFC) and their interactions, then it might not be word your time. For me it’s worth the time. Playing the videos at high speed helps.
Yeah of course for lesswrongers it’s quite a novice level, but besides behavioral economics and game theory classics there are some implications of neurobiology which wasn’t common to me
Question for anyone that’s taking the course: is it worthwhile for the average LW’er? I assume most of us have an above-average familiarity with these topics.
I’ve done the first 6 weeks now, and finding it very easy—but I’m definitely learning something each week.
If you already know about the roles of different parts of the brain (e.g. orbitofrontal cortex, amygdala, DLPFC) and their interactions, then it might not be word your time. For me it’s worth the time. Playing the videos at high speed helps.
Yeah of course for lesswrongers it’s quite a novice level, but besides behavioral economics and game theory classics there are some implications of neurobiology which wasn’t common to me