jsalvatier comments on Rationality Minicamp report and photos [link] - Less Wrong
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I agree the post is a bit over the top. From what I saw, At the end of the minicamp, everyone, including myself, felt really good about how it had gone. The attendees all felt that they had gotten really valuable lessons out of it. But of course that feeling so short after learning the material isn't that strong of evidence. I agree better measurement would be a really good thing, though I'm not certain how you would go about that.
Here are some things I currently think I got out of the minicamp and some reasons why:
There's more, but I'll leave it there for now and maybe come back to it.
One thing that is being doing, that does provide data is that people are submitting before and after fashion photos a month after the camp (the aim is to get people to follow through on implementing fashion changes). Obviously this isn't perfect, but it does provide some data about how effective that part of the camp has been.