Can we teach Rationality at the University of Reddit?

The proposer's comparative advantage may be elsewhere: They may lack the lack the ability, or be overburdened with other, more valuable activities.

Always suggesting that the proposer carries out their idea deters people from offering ideas, some of which might have proved valuable.

Also, by saying "we," the proposer may actually be volunteering to serve as a representative of the group, soliciting their opinions and their help.

On the other hand, the proposer may be the best motivated to carry it out.

A single person seems less likely to be capable of carrying out this sort of project than a group of people. Posting an invitation to contribute on a message board for people who are interested in rationality couldn't be a bad idea. And if the OP wanted to undertake this by themselves, as you suggest, they wouldn't have asked for help.

It's perfectly understandable that you may have legitimate reasons for not getting involved into this, what with the rest of your projects, but if you're going to say "don't count on me", at least don't say it in a way that suggests you expect most people to not be interested in contributing.

At Portland Community College (Oregon) I took a class called 'Science and the Paranormal.' On the first day of class the teacher said 'if I'd called this class 'Critical Thinking' most of the seats would be empty. As it is, I have a waiting list each term.' It was all critical thinking / formal logic / scientific method / etc. that used student-suggested paranormal topics. No judgement before investigation, no claim of true / false only strong / weak evidence. He did discourage religious claims getting the same treatment in order to 'be sensitive' (avoid lawsuits). Otherwise, perfect stem to stern.

Why? In comparison to the rest of the lesson titles, this sort of rhetorical embellishment seems excessive. I at least don't expect people to be put off by a title such as "Intro to Applied Rationality" or something similar. (But then again, that's because I wouldn't be put off by it... Possible mind projection fallacy.)