I think most Christians would say that Jabocs completely misunderstood Christianity.
I think that experiments like this which take ideas very seriously are good because they give us an additional perspective of what rationality happens to be.
He cheated by approximating the outside behavior, while preserving his inside behavior (thoughts and beliefs) as much as possible. When the year was over, he probably reverted back to normal. That kind of experiment is only good for examining a strawman. And also… for publicity.
I believe that in this community it is completely obvious that we are not trying to perform the Hollywood rationality. However, there is still a risk that our understanding is imperfect, and taking ideas seriously will expose the imperfections. For example, we may publicly profess that emotions are important, and yet our “rational” plans may fail to consider them. But this is where we need to use our ability to go meta and think: “okay, this plan sounded completely reasonable, but now that I am doing it for two months, I feel somehow unhappy and unmotivated”, so we try to update the plan, instead of merely (a) blindly following it, or (b) giving up completely.
One of the best example that I have for a rational plan is my attempt to gain weight by adding 800 kcal of maltodextrose to my daily tea consumption. It made so much sense.
On the other hand it didn’t work and it took me 2 months to admit that my scale showed still the same weight. The planes didn’t land.
However, there is still a risk that our understanding is imperfect, and taking ideas seriously will expose the imperfections.
I think it’s pretty certain that our understanding isn’t 100% perfect. We can run controlled trials to update our understanding of rationality and as far as I understand CFAR wants to does go that way.
Taking ideas overseriously is another way to see imperfections and gather knowledge. I think that when one tries to gather knowledge about a domain it’s useful to use many different approaches to gather knowledge.
Yes I still have that goal. I’m 181 cm tall and at 56 kg with +-2 kg for the last 3 years. Probably also the last ten but only in the last 3 I had regular measurements.
I think most Christians would say that Jabocs completely misunderstood Christianity.
I think that experiments like this which take ideas very seriously are good because they give us an additional perspective of what rationality happens to be.
Jacobs’ Biblical behavior : Christianity = Hollywood rationality : LW rationality
He cheated by approximating the outside behavior, while preserving his inside behavior (thoughts and beliefs) as much as possible. When the year was over, he probably reverted back to normal. That kind of experiment is only good for examining a strawman. And also… for publicity.
I believe that in this community it is completely obvious that we are not trying to perform the Hollywood rationality. However, there is still a risk that our understanding is imperfect, and taking ideas seriously will expose the imperfections. For example, we may publicly profess that emotions are important, and yet our “rational” plans may fail to consider them. But this is where we need to use our ability to go meta and think: “okay, this plan sounded completely reasonable, but now that I am doing it for two months, I feel somehow unhappy and unmotivated”, so we try to update the plan, instead of merely (a) blindly following it, or (b) giving up completely.
One of the best example that I have for a rational plan is my attempt to gain weight by adding 800 kcal of maltodextrose to my daily tea consumption. It made so much sense.
On the other hand it didn’t work and it took me 2 months to admit that my scale showed still the same weight. The planes didn’t land.
I think it’s pretty certain that our understanding isn’t 100% perfect. We can run controlled trials to update our understanding of rationality and as far as I understand CFAR wants to does go that way.
Taking ideas overseriously is another way to see imperfections and gather knowledge. I think that when one tries to gather knowledge about a domain it’s useful to use many different approaches to gather knowledge.
Why were you trying to gain weight and is it still a goal?
I deliberately adjust my weight up or down by ~ 10kg fairly regularly and depending on your situation, I might be able to offer some ideas.
Yes I still have that goal. I’m 181 cm tall and at 56 kg with +-2 kg for the last 3 years. Probably also the last ten but only in the last 3 I had regular measurements.