Apologize for being unclear: this post is one in a series of posts, not the first, so it’s not an introduction to rational thinking. Here is the blog post that we already published that introduces people to the idea of agency as a key overarching framework, and here is another blog post that does the same with System 1 and 2. These are the introductory blog posts, and now we are doing some further elaboration on rational thinking.
Regarding the specific case of the FAE, I presented on this bias to my students (I’m a college professor at Ohio State), for example in this video and had nice feedback. One wrote in an anonymous form that “With relation to the fundamental attribution error, it can give me a chance to keep a more open mind. Which will help me to relate to others more, and view a different view of the “map” in my head.” My experiences presenting to students informs this blog post. However, I will keep in mind what you said about the valley of bad rationality, that’s a good point—I’ll run the article by some beginner rationalists and see what they think about the issue.
Can you clarify your point about negative examples, I’m not quite clear on what you mean.
Thanks a lot for the constructive criticism, really helpful!
Apologize for being unclear: this post is one in a series of posts, not the first, so it’s not an introduction to rational thinking. Here is the blog post that we already published that introduces people to the idea of agency as a key overarching framework, and here is another blog post that does the same with System 1 and 2. These are the introductory blog posts, and now we are doing some further elaboration on rational thinking.
Regarding the specific case of the FAE, I presented on this bias to my students (I’m a college professor at Ohio State), for example in this video and had nice feedback. One wrote in an anonymous form that “With relation to the fundamental attribution error, it can give me a chance to keep a more open mind. Which will help me to relate to others more, and view a different view of the “map” in my head.” My experiences presenting to students informs this blog post. However, I will keep in mind what you said about the valley of bad rationality, that’s a good point—I’ll run the article by some beginner rationalists and see what they think about the issue.
Can you clarify your point about negative examples, I’m not quite clear on what you mean.
Thanks a lot for the constructive criticism, really helpful!