Comment on Open Thread, January 1-15, 2013

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:14:06 GMT

I couldn't agree more. Mainstream academia is set of rationality skills and a very case hardened one. Adding something extra, like cognitive science might be good, but LW omits a lot of the academic virtues -- not blowing off about things you don't know, making an attempt to answer objections, modesty, etc.

PS: Tenure is a great rationality-promoting institution because...left as an exercise to the reader.

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