drethelin comments on Stupid Questions (10/27/2014) - Less Wrong

15 Post author: drethelin 27 October 2014 09:27PM

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Comment author: JoshuaFox 28 October 2014 02:28:58PM *  19 points [-]

A question that has been asked before, and so may be stupid: What concrete examples are there of gains from CfAR training (or self-study based on LessWrong)? These would have to come in the form of very specific examples, preferably quantitative.

E.g. "I was $100,000 in debt and unemployed for 2 years, and now I have employment earning twice what I ever have before and am out of debt."

"I never had a relationship that lasted more than 2 months, but now am happily married."

"My grade point average went up from 2.2 to 3.8"

"After struggling to diet and exercise for years, I finally got on track and am now in the best shape of my life."

etc.

Comment author: drethelin 28 October 2014 07:47:26PM 2 points [-]

I went from being single to being in a relationship that's still going 2ish years later but who knows if going to a CFAR thing was at all responsible.