But yes, I think this could be an interesting. I have a mild phobia of guns (that I don’t see a need to override), but I would be interested to read the material. In general, I am a fan of Less Wrong articles that talk about a real, instrumental goals we have had and how we achieved them, as long as the experience can be tied to rationality tools.
Put another way: Technically, ANYTHING you can win at relates to instrumental rationality, insofar as you can always rationally choose not to think about too hard about it (i.e. dancing and sex may require you to deliberately turn off certain parts of your brain). My litmus test for “should this be a Less Wrong article” is: “Did your ‘rational approach’ to this subject consist primarily of identifying that Less Wrong skills weren’t that relevant and then following conventional wisdom, or did you actually have to use tools that you learned here?”
I know others may disagree with me on this (my post’s already been downvoted at least once), but anything that connects rationality to actual instrumental success seems like a good idea to me.
I think your response misses the joke.
But yes, I think this could be an interesting. I have a mild phobia of guns (that I don’t see a need to override), but I would be interested to read the material. In general, I am a fan of Less Wrong articles that talk about a real, instrumental goals we have had and how we achieved them, as long as the experience can be tied to rationality tools.
Put another way: Technically, ANYTHING you can win at relates to instrumental rationality, insofar as you can always rationally choose not to think about too hard about it (i.e. dancing and sex may require you to deliberately turn off certain parts of your brain). My litmus test for “should this be a Less Wrong article” is: “Did your ‘rational approach’ to this subject consist primarily of identifying that Less Wrong skills weren’t that relevant and then following conventional wisdom, or did you actually have to use tools that you learned here?”
I know others may disagree with me on this (my post’s already been downvoted at least once), but anything that connects rationality to actual instrumental success seems like a good idea to me.