= 27d567bc2d48d9f40e9ccc20ea370b15)
edanm comments on Examples of Rationality Techniques adopted by the Masses - Less Wrong
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
= 783df68a0f980790206b9ea87794c5b6)
Loading…= b715d02e85f7b3b4ae65ca3d3e450868)
Subscribe to RSS Feed
Powered by Reddit
= f037147d6e6c911a85753b9abdedda8d)
You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.
Comments (31)
That's a very good point, although I think a good a first stage is to find what techniques people are actually using, then try and understand why.
A good second stage is to look for techniques that were publicized and not used, and see why some techniques gained currency while others did not.
A lot of decision making techniques that people are actually using aren't "rationality techniques". Focusing on "rationality techniques" means that you don't count that churches get their members to pray.
If the churches have good strategies for getting their members to engage into practicing certain behavior copying those techniques might be better.
I see what you're getting at, although praying is a bad example - most people pray because their parents and community prayed, and we're looking at ways to lead people away from what their parents and community had done. The Protestant Reformation might be a better case study, or the rise of Biblical literalism, or the abandonment of the prohibition on Christians lending money at interest.