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A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior - free Coursera class

1 Post author: Utopiah 17 July 2012 03:26PM

"learn about some of the many ways in which people behave in less than rational ways, and how we might overcome these problems."

starts 25 March 2013

cf https://www.coursera.org/course/behavioralecon

see also http://lesswrong.com/lw/d3w/coursera_behavioural_neurology_course/

Comments (7)

Comment author: shminux 17 July 2012 03:38:48PM *  2 points [-]

Why multiple redundant zero-content posts?

Comment author: RobertLumley 17 July 2012 04:26:52PM 4 points [-]

Because people have posted courses here before and been wildly upvoted.

I'd rather not see two posts for this myself, but let's not pretend that advertisements for courses haven't been upvoted before.

Comment author: Utopiah 17 July 2012 07:19:29PM *  1 point [-]

the content is the link itself and because AFAIK they

  • are related to rationality
  • are different classes so if participants want to discuss they have their own topic
  • have never been posted here
Comment author: ewang 17 July 2012 07:59:14PM 1 point [-]

This isn't Reddit; posts generally should be more than just a link and a quote.

Comment author: Oscar_Cunningham 17 July 2012 08:29:02PM 5 points [-]

I agree that this isn't Reddit, but I'm okay with just a link if it's to a useful rationality related source.

Comment author: Utopiah 18 July 2012 07:16:55AM 0 points [-]

I agree and to be sincere when I posted it I wondered if the format was appropriate but I concluded that the content was and that is what matter.

PS: thanks, I just discovered http://www.reddit.com/r/lesswrong btw :)

Comment author: GLaDOS 18 July 2012 08:34:40AM *  0 points [-]

Commented on this here. Not yet sure it deserves its own discussion post.

I hope someone here will review the "A Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior" class. It would be neat to know if it is worth our time.