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i spent 10 days at a rationality dojo/camp. this is roughly what i did & learned!

a dojo is a space where you try to run experiments, improve ourselves, and be unafraid if this means failing along the way. at dojo, we support and encourage and lift each other up there are two flavors of rationality. first is epistemic rationality. this is all about asking the questions of how do i be less wrong over time? how do i discern what is truth? how can we actively seek ways our beliefs could be wrong? how do we identify and correct errors in our thinking? the second is instrumental rationality. this moreso focuses on achievement and effectiveness in the real world. using what we…

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