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Vaniver comments on "How To Become Less Wrong" - Feedback on Article Request - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 26 October 2015 02:42PM

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 27 October 2015 04:15:32PM -1 points [-]

RationalWiki serves as a bridge for the inferential distance problem so often discussed here. Topics such as fallacies and biases are discussed at RationalWiki in a language that the general public can understand. As a gateway drug toward more advanced rationality, it has an educational value that we shouldn't dismiss.

Comment author: Vaniver 27 October 2015 05:32:16PM 2 points [-]

As a gateway drug toward more advanced rationality, it has an educational value that we shouldn't dismiss.

This effect seems overshadowed by worries that knowing about biases can hurt people to me.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 27 October 2015 09:51:39PM 1 point [-]

Ok, I'm convinced. I'm editing the article to take out RationalWiki. Thanks for helping me update!