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Comment author: jimrandomh 27 April 2010 04:46:24PM 6 points [-]

What do people think of adding a "Rationalist Consultation" section? This would be for people who haven't studied much rationality but need advice, specifically from rationalists, on a particular problem they're facing.

Comment author: Jack 27 April 2010 05:09:41PM 5 points [-]

There is a surplus of advice. The question is, is there a demand?

Comment author: Alicorn 27 April 2010 05:06:13PM 4 points [-]

I like this idea. It'd be a good "we aren't talking out of our rears" outreach exercise, assuming we're actually effective, and it'd give the participating rationalists practice with more applied rationality than we're getting in our own lives.

Comment author: Strange7 27 April 2010 11:37:00PM *  3 points [-]

I'd like it, but it should include a prominent caveat:

Your question is not stupid. However, our ability to answer it ("Bayesian Magic") depends on information it would never have occurred to you to provide. As a result, we will start by asking you some extremely stupid-sounding questions about the larger context, and you need to answer as many of them as you can, as promptly and honestly as possible, or the magic won't work.

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