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==Websites that promote rationality, with a focus on epistemic rationality== | ==Websites that promote rationality, with a focus on epistemic rationality== | ||
* [http://www.lesswrong.com LessWrong], which describes itself as a "community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality." | * [http://www.lesswrong.com LessWrong], which describes itself as a "community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality." Less Wrong additionally has its own [http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/LessWrong_Wiki wiki], which often contains quick summaries of rationality concepts and tends to do a good job of grouping together related posts. | ||
* [http://slatestarcodex.com/ Slate Star Codex], a blog that applies the principles of rationality to the analysis of many questions of philosophy, psychology, culture, and society. | * [http://slatestarcodex.com/ Slate Star Codex], a blog that applies the principles of rationality to the analysis of many questions of philosophy, psychology, culture, and society. Scott Alexander ([http://lesswrong.com/user/Yvain/ Yvain] on Less Wrong), the author of Slate Star Codex, has also created a [http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/05/mapmaker-mapmaker-make-me-a-map/ map of the rationalist community] which groups different websites/blogs/Twitter accounts by subject, and may be useful for finding more resources in an area of one's interest. | ||
* [http://rationality.org/ Center for Applied Rationality] website | * [http://rationality.org/ Center for Applied Rationality] website | ||
* [http://www.overcomingbias.com Overcoming Bias], a blog primarily written by Robin Hanson, that strives to uncover and correct for human bias and discover the truth. | * [http://www.overcomingbias.com Overcoming Bias], a blog primarily written by Robin Hanson, that strives to uncover and correct for human bias and discover the truth. | ||
Revision as of 08:00, 16 September 2014
Websites that promote rationality, with a focus on epistemic rationality
- LessWrong, which describes itself as a "community blog devoted to refining the art of human rationality." Less Wrong additionally has its own wiki, which often contains quick summaries of rationality concepts and tends to do a good job of grouping together related posts.
- Slate Star Codex, a blog that applies the principles of rationality to the analysis of many questions of philosophy, psychology, culture, and society. Scott Alexander (Yvain on Less Wrong), the author of Slate Star Codex, has also created a map of the rationalist community which groups different websites/blogs/Twitter accounts by subject, and may be useful for finding more resources in an area of one's interest.
- Center for Applied Rationality website
- Overcoming Bias, a blog primarily written by Robin Hanson, that strives to uncover and correct for human bias and discover the truth.
- Bryan Caplan's blog posts on EconLog often discuss issues related to rationality and philosophy, although the blog is primarily focused on economics
- Gwern's website
- See the effective altruism learning resources page. Many learning resources for effective altruism use rationalist ideas. In particular, Paul Christiano's blog does.