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Hi there. I'm Hermione (yes, really). I went to my first LW meetup recently and I'm now working on the Rationality Curriculum, so it feels like time to introduce myself and start getting involved in discussions.
There are a lot of things I'd be interested in talking about. I only found LW a couple of months ago so I'm trying to level up in rationality and work out how to teach others to do so at the same time. I'll probably be posting about this and asking for advice. Has anyone written about their experiences of reading the sequences for the first time? Should I try and absorb things really quickly, or is it better to take it slowly, and if so, what comes first? That kind of thing.
I've also been inspired by Alicorn's Luminosity sequence and have been piloting a beeper experiment, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi style. In order to understand myself and my moods better, I've been recording what I'm doing and how I feel at random times (3x/day). I'd like to improve the indicators I've been using. I struggle to get the right balance between quantitative (more analysable) and qualitative (more accurate). Any suggestions?
Finally, I'd really like to meet some more rationalists in person, so please PM me if you're in Brussels!
Welcome! Note that there are some references to "Hermione" on this site and they are probably about that other person.
As a general comment, remember The Art must have a purpose other than itself. Don't assume you're more rational because you know some bias names or feel more rational. Make sure it's making a difference in your life, and if possible do that via systematic empirical study.
Hmm, thanks, that makes sense. But do you have any suggestions for indicators that would measure if I'm improving?
Sorry, I'm just here ironically to recite empty platitudes about empiricism.
But seriously, figuring out how to know that is one of the big projects here.
hah. Has anyone made any progress?
I was wondering if one could test group rationality by starting a conversation about something the group finds it hard to agree on. There are a few such topics here on LW and I'm sure there would be more if you added politics into the mix. The test would be so see whether the group could reach unanimity. I was thinking this might be a fun thing to try at the brussels meetups if they get going.
Articles taged verification
Unfortuantly, the set of articles with the tag verification doesn't have a perfect correspondence to articles that would be relevant here, but its close and generally to broad rather than to narrow. http://lesswrong.com/lw/2s/3_levels_of_rationality_verification/ and the rest of it's series are probably the most important.