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Emile comments on [SEQ RERUN] The Martial Art of Rationality - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Emile 19 April 2011 08:09:56PM 3 points [-]

And we must, above all, figure out how to communicate the skill; which may not be a matter for declarative statements alone. Martial artists spar with each other, execute standard forms, and are watched throughout by their teachers. Calculus students do homework, and check their answers. Olympic runners continually try to beat their best previous time, as measured by a stopwatch.

Hmm, I haven't seen much progress here on that side. There are a few small calibration tests on the web that have been linked now and then, but not many real exercises.

Comment author: atucker 20 April 2011 06:32:01AM 2 points [-]

People are working on exercises, but they don't directly compare rationality skills.

Do people in meetup groups have something where they do stuff like this?