NancyLebovitz comments on SotW: Be Specific - Less Wrong

37 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 April 2012 06:11AM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 08 April 2012 04:44:36PM 0 points [-]

That doesn't seem like the kind of precision most people have trouble with, though teaching it explicitly might help people who have trouble getting started on programming.

Do you think knowing how to program helps people be sufficiently explicit about other subjects?

Comment author: Benquo 08 April 2012 08:49:53PM 0 points [-]

Probably not, because of compartmentalization.

I wonder, though, if there is some sort of similar activity that:

  • Doesn't require expert instructors (some feedback is obvious or automatic)
  • Deals with less mathematical and more "real world" problems
  • Builds skills that transfer well to other domains.
Comment author: handoflixue 09 April 2012 07:51:37PM 0 points [-]

I wonder, though, if there is some sort of similar activity

Management, which is at times remarkably similar to the "malicious idiot" game...