I would recommend starting with more sophisticated and friendly audiences, the sort of people who would go to a Less Wrong meetup, before you try to pitch rationality to more mainstream audiences. It’s more difficult than you would expect; rationality concepts generally rest on and depend on a foundation of analytical thinking, and this is far from universal. It’s also hard to distinguish yourself from people pitching things that look superficially similar at first, but later veer into crazy politics or scams.
All that said, there’s definitely value in creating more-accessible explanations of key concepts, and if you think you’ve got the writing skill, it’s worth a shot.
Trust me, I have decades of 1st hands on experience on running against the walls of concrete minds.
This doesn’t seem like a good way to build rationality. It is like trying to build a computer by taking a heap of components, and kicking them really hard and really persistently. -- You will do a lot of work and your original goal is reasonable, it’s just that this method does not approach that goal at all.
Because of my yearlong experience talking to average people I KNOW how to approach them and how not. (I.e. “You fools, I will lead you out of darkness” is wrong “Did you ever wonder...” is better).
Why would you even believe that running against walls could be a considerable tactic?
I would recommend starting with more sophisticated and friendly audiences, the sort of people who would go to a Less Wrong meetup, before you try to pitch rationality to more mainstream audiences. It’s more difficult than you would expect; rationality concepts generally rest on and depend on a foundation of analytical thinking, and this is far from universal. It’s also hard to distinguish yourself from people pitching things that look superficially similar at first, but later veer into crazy politics or scams.
All that said, there’s definitely value in creating more-accessible explanations of key concepts, and if you think you’ve got the writing skill, it’s worth a shot.
>>> more sophisticated and friendly audiences
Hmmm, i can’t help feeling ANYWHERE else but LW would be a more friendly audience.
I even got 1 downvote here...
Trust me, I have decades of 1st hands on experience on running against the walls of concrete minds.
That is why I a totally aware of the challenges, that’s what my post is about.
This doesn’t seem like a good way to build rationality. It is like trying to build a computer by taking a heap of components, and kicking them really hard and really persistently. -- You will do a lot of work and your original goal is reasonable, it’s just that this method does not approach that goal at all.
Maybe you didnt get me:
Because of my yearlong experience talking to average people I KNOW how to approach them and how not. (I.e. “You fools, I will lead you out of darkness” is wrong “Did you ever wonder...” is better).
Why would you even believe that running against walls could be a considerable tactic?