Rationality
Because we should all strive to improve, here are some resources to help you become a more rational person:
- List of cognitive biases at Wikipedia
- List of Fallacies at Wikipedia
- Biases in Estimating Probabilities compiled by the CIA
- Scientific Method at Wikipedia
- The Twelve Virtues of Rationality by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- Explanation of Tsuyoku Naritai by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- Intuitive Explanation of Bayesian Reasoning by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- Avoiding Your Belief’s Real Weak Points by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- Lost Purposes by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- The Affect Heuristic at by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- The Importance of Saying “Oops” by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- Cached Thoughts by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- “Science” as Curiosity-Stopper
- Two More Things to Unlearn from School by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- Raised in Technophilia by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- Crisis of Faith by Eliezer Yudkowsky
- Knowability Of Friendly AI by Eliezer Yudkowsky
Here are some things I wrote on this topic (work in progress):
- Cognitive Bias: Monte Carlo Fallacy
- Cognitive Bias: Conjunction Fallacy
- Cognitive Bias: Planning Fallacy
- Cognitive Bias: Base-Rate Fallacy
- Cognitive Bias: Confirmation Bias
- The Individuals-as-Groups Fallacy
- Confirmation Bias at the Symphony
- Playing Cards
- Cognitive Bias: Kids Likely to Misperceived Own Weight if Surrounded by Obese Friends & Family
Here’s a trio of articles by Eliezer Yudkowsky about biases in U.S. politics (but insightful wherever you live):
Finally, some general advice: Try new things that challenge you, read books that are difficult but rewarding. Fail a lot. If you don’t fail once in a while, it means you aren’t really trying and you won’t learn that failing isn’t a big deal.
Quaerendo invenietis (By seeking, you will discover)
