It seems rather unlikely to me that being a mini-camp participant would have more of an effect on someone’s life than being a Visiting Fellow, new techniques or not—and if I am wrong, I would very much want to encounter these new techniques!
I wouldn’t be that surprised. Explicit rationality exercises were only starting to be developed during the last month of my stay, and at that point they mostly fell into the category of “entertaining, but probably not hugely useful”. The main rationality boost came from being around others with a strong commitment to rationality, but as situationist psychology would have it, the effect faded once I was out of that environment.
It seems rather unlikely to me that being a mini-camp participant would have more of an effect on someone’s life than being a Visiting Fellow, new techniques or not—and if I am wrong, I would very much want to encounter these new techniques!
I wouldn’t be that surprised. Explicit rationality exercises were only starting to be developed during the last month of my stay, and at that point they mostly fell into the category of “entertaining, but probably not hugely useful”. The main rationality boost came from being around others with a strong commitment to rationality, but as situationist psychology would have it, the effect faded once I was out of that environment.