Good to hear about the successes, but I am still skeptical about this one:
Since the beginning of 2010, we have:...
Held a wildly successful Rationality Minicamp.
I have yet to see any actual substantiation for this claim beyond the SIAI blog’s say-so and a few qualitative individual self-reports. I have not seen any attempt to extend and replicate this success, nor evidence that would even be possible.
If it actually were a failure, how would we know? Would anyone there even admit it, or prefer to avoid making its leaders look bad?
Sorry to be the bad guy there, but this claim has been floating around for a while and looks like it will become one of those things “everyone knows”.
Good to hear about the successes, but I am still skeptical about this one:
I have yet to see any actual substantiation for this claim beyond the SIAI blog’s say-so and a few qualitative individual self-reports. I have not seen any attempt to extend and replicate this success, nor evidence that would even be possible.
If it actually were a failure, how would we know? Would anyone there even admit it, or prefer to avoid making its leaders look bad?
Sorry to be the bad guy there, but this claim has been floating around for a while and looks like it will become one of those things “everyone knows”.