Mark_Friedenbach comments on Leaving LessWrong for a more rational life - Less Wrong
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I think what V_V is saying is: show me the evidence.
Show me the evidence that CFAR workshop participants make better decisions after the workshop than they do before.
Show me the evidence that the impact of CFAR instruction has higher expected humanitarian benefit dollar-for-dollar than an equivalent donation to SENS, or pick-your-favorite-charity.
I don't think they do, but I don't think we were comparing CFAR to SENS or other effective altruist endorsed charities, I was contesting the claim that CFAR was comparable to religions and mumbo jumbo:
I mean, they're literally basing their curricula on cognitive science. If you look at their FAQ, they give examples of the kinds of scientifically grounded, evidence based methods they use for improving rationality:
So I just don't know where someone can be coming from when they suggest that CFAR's methods are comparably grounded in evidence to religion and mumbo jumbo, when they're literally grounding their methods on evidence as a rule and religion and mumbo jumbo are grounded on other things, like universal quantum consciousness and gods.