Teaching rationality made me better (at research and other things)
post by Academian · 2012-02-02T18:10:06.463Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 2 commentsHi all,
I just wanted to loudly recommend the position to design and write rationality curriculum --- to anyone who is interested --- as a potential way to make yourself more awesome. After helping teach mini-camp last year, I definitely experienced a huge increase in motivation for my own research, and in turn, productivity. Somehow, giving serious thought to rationality advice for a large group and *actually delivering it* made be internalize even more deeply some things I thought I'd already absorbed completely.
... and my sense that more is possible is still tingling :)
So yeah, definitely give it a shot if you think you might be good at it!
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comment by gwern · 2012-02-02T18:30:31.774Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
After helping teach mini-camp last year, I definitely experienced a huge increase in motivation for my own research, and in turn, productivity.
O RLY? Pics or GTFO. Er. Numbers or it didn't happen? Citations? You know what I mean.
Replies from: fiddlemath↑ comment by fiddlemath · 2012-02-04T04:17:43.368Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Well, assuming he's being honest, from this post we can infer that he feels like he feels like he's more awesome.
Which, as I remember him, is actually kind of scary on its own. :)