Barry_Cotter comments on Teachable Rationality Skills - Less Wrong

52 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 May 2011 09:57PM

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Comment author: taryneast 28 May 2011 09:17:11AM 12 points [-]

Hmmm this just made me think that debate clubs deliberately teach the opposite of this skill.

Comment author: Barry_Cotter 28 May 2011 03:01:12PM 1 point [-]

And at least in Britain and Ireland they provide disproportionate numbers of future lawyers and politicians.