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Bryan-san comments on Open thread, Dec. 14 - Dec. 20, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Bryan-san 21 December 2015 08:08:43PM 1 point [-]

This is a perspective I hadn't seen mentioned before and helps me understand why a friend of mine gives low value to the goal-oriented rationality material I've mentioned to him.

Thank you very much for this post!

Comment author: fubarobfusco 21 December 2015 08:49:28PM 2 points [-]

It's worth noting that, from what I can tell at least (having not actually taken their courses), quite a bit of CFAR "rationality" training seems to deal with issues arising not directly from Bayesian math, but from characteristics of human minds and society.