I’ve been a heavy consumer of health services and health information since 1985, where “health” here definitely includes mental health (and specifically the effects of childhood trauma).
YT started being my main source of insights about my health and how I might make it better about 3 years ago. During that time I’ve managed to improve my health faster than the rate I managed in the decades before that.
How do you assess the expertise of those YT creators?
A person could write a book about that (which would tend to overlap a lot with a book about general rationality). I’ve probably changed some habit of mine (diet, exercise, etc) about ten times over the last 3 years in response to learnings from YT. I watch carefully for effects of those changes. This watching process involves taking voluminous notes. E.g., I write down everything I ingest every day. So, that is one way I assess experts: basically I experiment on myself.
How do you assess the expertise of those YT creators? How certain you are of their expertise?
I’ve been a heavy consumer of health services and health information since 1985, where “health” here definitely includes mental health (and specifically the effects of childhood trauma).
YT started being my main source of insights about my health and how I might make it better about 3 years ago. During that time I’ve managed to improve my health faster than the rate I managed in the decades before that.
A person could write a book about that (which would tend to overlap a lot with a book about general rationality). I’ve probably changed some habit of mine (diet, exercise, etc) about ten times over the last 3 years in response to learnings from YT. I watch carefully for effects of those changes. This watching process involves taking voluminous notes. E.g., I write down everything I ingest every day. So, that is one way I assess experts: basically I experiment on myself.