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“Lsusr’s Rationality Dojo” by lsusr


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Why aren’t there dojos that teach rationality?

―The Martial Art of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky

For the last 6 months, I've been running a dojo that teaches rationality.

Why

I was at an ACX meetup and met an acolyte who grew up in an evangelical Christian community. He had recently discovered the Sequences and was really excited about this whole Rationality thing. He was very confident in Yudkowsky's teachings.

I asked him a couple questions and he realized his beliefs were full of holes. He wondered how he could understood so little. After all, he had read all of Yudkowsky's Sequences.

"I have read 100 books about chess," I said, "Surely I must be a grandmaster by now."

At that moment, he was enlightened.

The problem

The objective of rationality is to become right instead of wrong. Being wrong feels exactly like being right. We are not aware of [...]

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Outline:

(00:20) Why

(00:57) The problem

(01:36) The solution

(02:51) The right conditions

(04:02) The right topics

(04:44) Want to try it out?

(05:26) What to expect if you participate

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First published:

February 13th, 2024

Source:

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9BK5kSC88ddZ8kLmP/lsusr-s-rationality-dojo

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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