Benquo comments on SotW: Be Specific - Less Wrong

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

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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...