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Gleb_Tsipursky comments on Review and Thoughts on Current Version of CFAR Workshop - Less Wrong Discussion

11 Post author: Gleb_Tsipursky 06 June 2016 01:44PM

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Comment author: Lumifer 07 June 2016 04:33:04PM 1 point [-]

There's a compounding interest to be gained in going earlier

Citation needed.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 07 June 2016 10:42:20PM 1 point [-]

Sure, let me clarify. I meant that going earlier would enable one to gain rationality skills earlier, and these would then have a positive impact on everything one does later.

Comment author: Viliam 08 June 2016 02:18:07PM 1 point [-]

Alternative hypothesis: After a year or two, most participants will revert to their previous behavior. The largest impact is during the workshop and during the following month.

Comment author: Gleb_Tsipursky 08 June 2016 06:16:44PM 2 points [-]

Yeah, one of the big failure modes is that people think that attending the workshop will magically result in internalizing all the benefits of CFAR materials. It's vital to keep working on them afterward, as I described in my post. For instance, in about an hour I will attend a weekly Google hangout with CFAR staff following up on some of the materials from the workshop. I'm not sure how many others from the workshop will be there, we'll see. Besides, as Kaj_Sotaja noted , you can get your money back as well.