I definitely agree that there’s a bigger issue, but I think this could be a good small-scale test. Can we apply or own individual rationality to pick up skills relevant to us and distinguish between good and bad practices? Are we able to coordinate as a community to distinguish between good and bad science? Rationality should in theory be able to work on big problems, but we’re never going to be able to craft the perfect art without being able to test it on smaller problems first and hone the skill.
So yeah. I think a guide putting together good resources and also including practical advice in the posts and comments could be useful. Something like this could be the start of answering Eliezer’s questions “how do we test which schools of rationality work” and “how do we fight akrasia”. That second question might be easier once we’ve seen the skills work in practice. Maybe I should make a guide first to get the ball rolling, but I’m not sure I know a topic in-depth enough to craft one just yet.
Give me a month to make a fitness one. I train a bunch of my friends including one rationalist friend that has been pushing me towards writing some analyses of studies; so I have a good amount of experience trying to find ways to get people into fitness who’ve had issues fighting against their baser urges just to sit down and conserve calories.
I definitely agree that there’s a bigger issue, but I think this could be a good small-scale test. Can we apply or own individual rationality to pick up skills relevant to us and distinguish between good and bad practices? Are we able to coordinate as a community to distinguish between good and bad science? Rationality should in theory be able to work on big problems, but we’re never going to be able to craft the perfect art without being able to test it on smaller problems first and hone the skill.
So yeah. I think a guide putting together good resources and also including practical advice in the posts and comments could be useful. Something like this could be the start of answering Eliezer’s questions “how do we test which schools of rationality work” and “how do we fight akrasia”. That second question might be easier once we’ve seen the skills work in practice. Maybe I should make a guide first to get the ball rolling, but I’m not sure I know a topic in-depth enough to craft one just yet.
Give me a month to make a fitness one. I train a bunch of my friends including one rationalist friend that has been pushing me towards writing some analyses of studies; so I have a good amount of experience trying to find ways to get people into fitness who’ve had issues fighting against their baser urges just to sit down and conserve calories.