[SEQ RERUN] Mandatory Secret Identities

MinibearRex

Today's post, Mandatory Secret Identities was originally published on 08 April 2009. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):

This post was not well-received, but the point was to suggest that a student must at some point leave the dojo and test their skills in the real world. The aspiration of an excellent student should not consist primarily of founding their own dojo and having their own students.

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Today's post, Mandatory Secret Identities was originally published on 08 April 2009. A summary (taken from the LW wiki):

This post was not well-received, but the point was to suggest that a student must at some point leave the dojo and test their skills in the real world. The aspiration of an excellent student should not consist primarily of founding their own dojo and having their own students.

I have wondered what a bayesian secret idenity would look like. That is to say, I desire to use bayes theorem in my own life, day-to-day, but it seems impracitical. Does anyone have any success stories here about using bayes or other rationalist techniques for the win in their career/personal life?

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