Anna, Eliezer, myself, and some others are working on rationality material, with plans to spin off a separate Rationality Org, as mentioned in SIAI’s 2011 strategic plan. This will probably provide material for Less Wrong meetup groups, and also for a variety of other Rationality classes (depending on cost-benefit analyses): 3-hour introductory courses, weekend-long camps, internet courses… we’re not sure. I’m currently collecting all the CogSci of rationality and beginning to talk to the leading researchers in the field. Others are spending more time looking into the org planning. Many of us are starting to develop teaching materials grounded in lessons from the CogSci literature. Luckily, LW’s approach to rationality has always been grounded in the CogSci literature, instead of just ad-hoc “be skeptical, think carefully about stuff” techniques advocated by some other rationality communities.
Has there been any consideration of paring up online tests with video (and perhaps other) material similarly to the way this is done by Khan Academy for say mathematics?
As Luke said, we’re hoping to soon create materials that weekly meet-up leaders can use for training; if you can’t find others for a LW meet-up in your area, someone could probably also organize an online meet-up with the same materials, although in-person interaction has benefits.
Anna, Eliezer, myself, and some others are working on rationality material, with plans to spin off a separate Rationality Org, as mentioned in SIAI’s 2011 strategic plan. This will probably provide material for Less Wrong meetup groups, and also for a variety of other Rationality classes (depending on cost-benefit analyses): 3-hour introductory courses, weekend-long camps, internet courses… we’re not sure. I’m currently collecting all the CogSci of rationality and beginning to talk to the leading researchers in the field. Others are spending more time looking into the org planning. Many of us are starting to develop teaching materials grounded in lessons from the CogSci literature. Luckily, LW’s approach to rationality has always been grounded in the CogSci literature, instead of just ad-hoc “be skeptical, think carefully about stuff” techniques advocated by some other rationality communities.
Has there been any consideration of paring up online tests with video (and perhaps other) material similarly to the way this is done by Khan Academy for say mathematics?
As Luke said, we’re hoping to soon create materials that weekly meet-up leaders can use for training; if you can’t find others for a LW meet-up in your area, someone could probably also organize an online meet-up with the same materials, although in-person interaction has benefits.