You’re may be right, but I would suggest looking through the full list of workshops and courses. I was merely trying to give an overall sense of the flavor of our approach, not give an exhaustive list. The Practical Decision-Making course would be an example of content that is distinctly “rationality-training” content. Despite the frequent discussions of abstract decision theory that crop up on LessWrong, practically nobody is actually able to draw up a decision tree for a real-world problem, and it’s a valuable skill and mental framework.
I would also mention that a big part of the benefit of the cohort is to have “rationality buddies” off whom you can bounce your struggles. Another Curse of Smart is thinking that you need to solve every problem yourself.
You’re may be right, but I would suggest looking through the full list of workshops and courses. I was merely trying to give an overall sense of the flavor of our approach, not give an exhaustive list. The Practical Decision-Making course would be an example of content that is distinctly “rationality-training” content. Despite the frequent discussions of abstract decision theory that crop up on LessWrong, practically nobody is actually able to draw up a decision tree for a real-world problem, and it’s a valuable skill and mental framework.
I would also mention that a big part of the benefit of the cohort is to have “rationality buddies” off whom you can bounce your struggles. Another Curse of Smart is thinking that you need to solve every problem yourself.