The Stanovich etc literature on cognitive biases, last I checked, says you *can* train people to reason probabilistically (by teaching them probability and/or giving them practice making bets) but there's no known way to train people to be more self-skeptical/open-minded.
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Are there empirically validated techniques I don't know about that make people more likely to: question their assumptions, seek more information, jump to conclusions less? (Either situationally/short-term or dispositionally/long-term).
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Replying to @ssica3003 @s_r_constantin
I'm not shy to say it but I'm basically a charlatan whereas Sarah is a legitimate scientist with a reputation and everything!
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Replying to @danlistensto @ssica3003
only quasi-legitimate.
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