I couldn’t agree more. Mainstream academia is set of rationality skills and a very case hardened one. Adding something extra, like cognitive science might be good, but LW omits a lot of the academic virtues—not blowing off about things you don’t know, making an attempt to answer objections, modesty, etc.
PS: Tenure is a great rationality-promoting institution because...left as an exercise to the reader.
I couldn’t agree more. Mainstream academia is set of rationality skills and a very case hardened one. Adding something extra, like cognitive science might be good, but LW omits a lot of the academic virtues—not blowing off about things you don’t know, making an attempt to answer objections, modesty, etc.
PS: Tenure is a great rationality-promoting institution because...left as an exercise to the reader.