I wonder how much of a correlation there is between people who put effort into self-training in rationality (or communal training, a la Less Wrong) and those who actually train a martial art. And I don’t mean in the “Now I’lll be able to beat up people Hoo-AH” three-week-course training—I mean real, long-term, long-rewards-curve training. I’ve done aikido on and off for years (my life’s been too hectic to settle down to a single dojo, sadly), and it takes a similar sort of dedication, determination, and self-reflection as a serious foray into training your mind to rationality. And, I’d go so far as to say, a similar ‘predilection of mind and preference’ (and I’ll let you LWers go to town on that one).
What are you meaning by correlation? Do you mean how similar the thinking of those who mindfully approach rationality training is to the thinking of people who seriously dedicate themselves to practicing a martial art? Or do you mean something else?
I wonder how much of a correlation there is between people who put effort into self-training in rationality (or communal training, a la Less Wrong) and those who actually train a martial art. And I don’t mean in the “Now I’lll be able to beat up people Hoo-AH” three-week-course training—I mean real, long-term, long-rewards-curve training. I’ve done aikido on and off for years (my life’s been too hectic to settle down to a single dojo, sadly), and it takes a similar sort of dedication, determination, and self-reflection as a serious foray into training your mind to rationality. And, I’d go so far as to say, a similar ‘predilection of mind and preference’ (and I’ll let you LWers go to town on that one).
What are you meaning by correlation? Do you mean how similar the thinking of those who mindfully approach rationality training is to the thinking of people who seriously dedicate themselves to practicing a martial art? Or do you mean something else?