tetsuo55 comments on Intro-level training materials for rationality / critical thinking - Less Wrong

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Comment author: tetsuo55 27 September 2011 08:44:04PM 0 points [-]

i have tried the read-on thing on 2 pages and it made it even worse, so i dropped back to the opening pages tactic. That page you mention is actually one of the better ones although using examples like "Wulky Wilkinsen" and post utopianism made no sense to me. Having things explained elsewhere is a big problem imho, but i intend to devote some time to help fix that.

You may have been exposed to enough american culture by tv, movie, shows and books to not get overwhelmed by them?

Comment author: Bobertron 28 September 2011 09:29:01AM 0 points [-]

using examples like "Wulky Wilkinsen" and post utopianism made no sense to me

That's sort of the point. The words "post utopianism" and "colonial alienation" don't mean anything.

You may have been exposed to enough american culture by tv, movie, shows and books to not get overwhelmed by them?

Most movies and even tv-shows that run in Germany are actually American. Books might be more of a problem, but if it's a classic like the Christmas Carole, there is a Simpsons episode about it :)