I find your third point for practical advice to be significantly dis-charitable to someone of average intelligence. There are people that miss obvious patterns like, “This person gives bad advice,” but I think people of average intellect are already well equipped to notice simple patterns like that.
I don’t believe this is a coherent set of general advice that can be given here. What specific details and methods of rationality any given “average” person is missing, and what specific cognitive biases they suffer from most severely will vary too widely to get good coverage with a few short points. My approach would be to work on an individual basis to determine what’s causing the most problems for each person and address them accordingly. This may seem highly inefficient, but remember that success stories are told and retold virally as each new person has experiences that confirm the wisdom:
That sounds a lot like what I went through. What really helped me was...
There are far too many average people for me to expect a single centralized fault will be considerably effective.
I find your third point for practical advice to be significantly dis-charitable to someone of average intelligence. There are people that miss obvious patterns like, “This person gives bad advice,” but I think people of average intellect are already well equipped to notice simple patterns like that.
I don’t believe this is a coherent set of general advice that can be given here. What specific details and methods of rationality any given “average” person is missing, and what specific cognitive biases they suffer from most severely will vary too widely to get good coverage with a few short points. My approach would be to work on an individual basis to determine what’s causing the most problems for each person and address them accordingly. This may seem highly inefficient, but remember that success stories are told and retold virally as each new person has experiences that confirm the wisdom:
There are far too many average people for me to expect a single centralized fault will be considerably effective.