'When the facts change I change my mind' and so should you.
Show MoreHow to Raise a Rationalist Kid
In honor of Father’s Day, Julia Galef from http://measureofdoubt.com talks about the things her parents did that helped make her and her brother Jesse intellectually curious and interested in rationality.
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There are several tricks to accomplishing your goals, becoming more rational and communicating skepticism more effectively, here are a few that have caught my attention of late.
*Richard Alley’s new series How to Talk to an Ostrich is an almost perfect example of communicating climate change to those who don’t accept it (the name is the only issue).
*Julia Galef over at Rationally Speaking has a great look at the use of thought experiments in probing your reactions and motivations.
*Beeminder and Stickk offer services that let you bet against yourself, including that money potentially going to charities you despise, in order to accomplish your goals.
*Similarly Prediction Book allows you to wager on your predictive ability with the goal of making you more realistic about your predictive ability in different fields
I have the intention of using several of these tools in the near future. Hopefully I’ll be able to share some success stories soon as well.
How to want to change your mind
Julia Galef from Rationally Speaking with some simple tips on one of the hardest things for humans to do.
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The Straw Vulcan: Hollywood’s Illogical View of Logical Decision-Making
Julia Galef from Rationally Speaking and Measure of Doubt addresses many misguided notions about what it means to be rational in this talk from Skepticon IV.
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