I’m very interested in this idea. Do you know of any good (preferably free) software for practicing against computers? (I used to be pretty good in high school, but I haven’t played since.)
Still, do you think this is a good idea for a rationality dojo? Poker is at best a zero sum game (probably negative-sum, in practice), which seems like something aspiring rationalists should try to avoid.
Wouldn’t something like day trading (where there is at least a general tendency for positive returns) be better?
I’m very interested in this idea. Do you know of any good (preferably free) software for practicing against computers? (I used to be pretty good in high school, but I haven’t played since.)
Still, do you think this is a good idea for a rationality dojo? Poker is at best a zero sum game (probably negative-sum, in practice), which seems like something aspiring rationalists should try to avoid.
Wouldn’t something like day trading (where there is at least a general tendency for positive returns) be better?
I haven’t tried day trading, but I’d be very surprised if it’s easier than poker.
There is a huge number of very silly people playing online poker (so it’s very easy to beat them).