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

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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: Kawoomba 28 October 2014 07:49:44PM 1 point [-]

Could a psychological payoff be specific enough as well? Would e.g. "an embellished sense of intellectual superiority" be too vague for the purpose of your question?

Comment author: Lumifer 28 October 2014 08:04:39PM -1 points [-]

"an embellished sense of intellectual superiority"

That's the Dunning-Kruger thing, isn't it? :-P