I cannot say much about CFAR techniques, but I’d nominate the following as candidates for LW “hammers”:
Taboo your words and replace the symbol with the substance
Dissolve the question by asking which mental algorithm is generating the feeling of a question
Check that your belief is controlling your anticipation, and is not just there for social motives
Rationality is not about sticking to a particular ritual of cognition, but about winning; don’t lose track of your goals
Try to be truly curious about the world; notice when you are rationalizing a belief you’ve become attached to
Be wary of making something a part of your identity
Don’t treat properties of your mind as if they were properties of the external world (the map is not the territory)
Reversed stupidity is not intelligence
When dealing with others, keep in mind inferential distance and the typical mind fallacy
Many human behaviors have (subconscious) signaling motives
You are unlikely to beat the market, or the expert consensus in a scientific field
Altruism requires one to “shut up and multiply”
Of course, the list is not exhaustive.
I cannot say much about CFAR techniques, but I’d nominate the following as candidates for LW “hammers”:
Taboo your words and replace the symbol with the substance
Dissolve the question by asking which mental algorithm is generating the feeling of a question
Check that your belief is controlling your anticipation, and is not just there for social motives
Rationality is not about sticking to a particular ritual of cognition, but about winning; don’t lose track of your goals
Try to be truly curious about the world; notice when you are rationalizing a belief you’ve become attached to
Be wary of making something a part of your identity
Don’t treat properties of your mind as if they were properties of the external world (the map is not the territory)
Reversed stupidity is not intelligence
When dealing with others, keep in mind inferential distance and the typical mind fallacy
Many human behaviors have (subconscious) signaling motives
You are unlikely to beat the market, or the expert consensus in a scientific field
Altruism requires one to “shut up and multiply”
Of course, the list is not exhaustive.