AnnaSalamon comments on Minicamps on Rationality and Awesomeness: May 11-13, June 22-24, and July 21-28 - Less Wrong

24 Post author: AnnaSalamon 29 March 2012 08:48PM

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Comment author: Bugmaster 29 March 2012 11:24:41PM 15 points [-]

Here's another random idea:

When I read product or movie reviews, I tend to look for the negatives as much as (if not more than) the positives; I also pay attention to the rating distribution (especially if it's bimodal). If I can't find any negatives, I tend to assume that the product has been astroturfed, and move on.

So, did the SIAI ever receive any negative comments about the rationality minicamp ? If so, where can I read them ?

Comment author: AnnaSalamon 01 April 2012 03:00:20AM 10 points [-]

I posted earlier that the surveys were confidential, but actually, I just reread them, and there doesn't seem to be anything personal in the "Which parts of the camp didn't work particularly well for you, and what do you think we could do to improve?" column, which was basically the "what negative comments do you have?" column. So I pasted those answers into a new spreadsheet and posted them to the web; you can read participants' collected complaints here.

Comment author: ciphergoth 01 April 2012 09:44:55AM 3 points [-]

This is very useful, thanks! These don't look too challenging to address - would be good to know more about what you've changed in response to some of the common themes there.

Comment author: Bugmaster 01 April 2012 05:45:47PM 0 points [-]

These are great, thanks !