The 5-Second Level — LessWrong

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To develop methods of teaching rationality skills, you need to learn to focus on mental events that occur in 5 seconds or less. Most of what you wan…

x The 5-Second Level — LessWrong Noticing Rationality Frontpage 252 The 5-Second Level by Eliezer Yudkowsky 7th May 2011 10 min read 329 252 To develop methods of teaching rationality skills, you need to learn to focus on mental events that occur in 5 seconds or less. Most of what you want to teach is directly on this level; the rest consists of chaining together skills on this level. As our first example, let's take the vital rationalist skill, "Be specific." Even with people who've had moderate amounts of exposure to Less Wrong, a fair amount of my helping them think effectively often consis

The 5-Second Level — LessWrong

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