Are there any other examples when rationality guides you faster than the scientific approach? If so it would be good to collect and mention them. If no I am pretty suspicious about QM one as well.
I think that rationality as a competing approach to the scientific method is a particularly bad take that leads a lot of aspiring rationalists astray, into the cultish land of “I know more and better than experts in the field because I am a rationalist”. Data analysis uses plenty of Bayesian reasoning. Scientists are humans and so are prone to the biases and bad decisions that instrumental rationality is supposed to help with. CFAR-taught skills are likely to be useful for scientists and non-scientists alike.
Are there any other examples when rationality guides you faster than the scientific approach? If so it would be good to collect and mention them. If no I am pretty suspicious about QM one as well.
I think that rationality as a competing approach to the scientific method is a particularly bad take that leads a lot of aspiring rationalists astray, into the cultish land of “I know more and better than experts in the field because I am a rationalist”. Data analysis uses plenty of Bayesian reasoning. Scientists are humans and so are prone to the biases and bad decisions that instrumental rationality is supposed to help with. CFAR-taught skills are likely to be useful for scientists and non-scientists alike.