There has been some calling for applications of rationality; how can this help me win? This combined with the popularity and discussion surrounding “Stuck in the middle with Bruce” gave me an idea for a potential series of posts relating to LWers pastimes of choice. I have a feeling most people here have a pastime, and if rationalists should win there should be some way to map the game to rational choices.
Perhaps articles discussing “how rational play can help you win at x” and “how x can help you think more rationally” would be worthwhile. I’m sure there are games or hobbies that multiple people share (as was discovered relating to Magic) and even if no one has played a certain game the knowledge gained from it should be generalizable and used elsewhere (as was the concept of a Bruce).
I might be able to do a piece on Counter-Strike (perhaps generalized to FPS style games) although I haven’t played in several years.
I know I would be interested in more discussion of how Magic and rationality work together. In fact I almost went out an picked up a deck to try it out again (haven’t played since Ice Age when I was but a child) but remembered I don’t know anyone I could play with right now anyway, which is probably why I don’t.
There has been some calling for applications of rationality; how can this help me win? This combined with the popularity and discussion surrounding “Stuck in the middle with Bruce” gave me an idea for a potential series of posts relating to LWers pastimes of choice. I have a feeling most people here have a pastime, and if rationalists should win there should be some way to map the game to rational choices.
Perhaps articles discussing “how rational play can help you win at x” and “how x can help you think more rationally” would be worthwhile. I’m sure there are games or hobbies that multiple people share (as was discovered relating to Magic) and even if no one has played a certain game the knowledge gained from it should be generalizable and used elsewhere (as was the concept of a Bruce).
I might be able to do a piece on Counter-Strike (perhaps generalized to FPS style games) although I haven’t played in several years.
I know I would be interested in more discussion of how Magic and rationality work together. In fact I almost went out an picked up a deck to try it out again (haven’t played since Ice Age when I was but a child) but remembered I don’t know anyone I could play with right now anyway, which is probably why I don’t.