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Comment author: raisin 06 May 2014 05:00:04PM *  2 points [-]

your brain is already a finely-tuned machine for learning and doing.

Does this by extension imply that the type of instrumental rationality training advocated by LW is useless? Why, why not?

Comment author: passive_fist 06 May 2014 10:09:05PM *  1 point [-]

If some particular method of learning can be shown, through evidence, to be an improvement long-term, then by all means go for it. But until then, your prior belief has to be that it isn't.