I think the part of rationality that matters most is an attitude—more malleable than a personality trait, but less malleable than a set of skills or concepts. If I had to come to agreement with another person about a controversial and philosophically and empirically complex problem, I’d rather have the person be 98.1 percentile rational in attitude and not familiar with the last three years of rationality canon than 98 percentile rational in attitude and familiar with the canon. I don’t know how to select for or inculcate a rational attitude, but I think it doesn’t look the same as optimizing for teaching skills and concepts. (This doesn’t imply that a canon wouldn’t still be useful on net.)
I think the part of rationality that matters most is an attitude—more malleable than a personality trait, but less malleable than a set of skills or concepts. If I had to come to agreement with another person about a controversial and philosophically and empirically complex problem, I’d rather have the person be 98.1 percentile rational in attitude and not familiar with the last three years of rationality canon than 98 percentile rational in attitude and familiar with the canon. I don’t know how to select for or inculcate a rational attitude, but I think it doesn’t look the same as optimizing for teaching skills and concepts. (This doesn’t imply that a canon wouldn’t still be useful on net.)