One thing I’d add is that I think several people at RP and elsewhere would be very excited if someone could:
Find existing resources that work as good training for improving one’s reasoning transparency, and/or
Create such a resource
As far as I’m aware, currently the state of the art is “Suggest people read the post Reasoning Transparency, maybe point them to a couple somewhat related other things (e.g., the compilation I made that Neil links to, or this other compilation I made), hope they absorb it, give them a bunch of feedback when they don’t really (since it’s hard!), hope they absorb that, repeat.” I.e., the state of the art is kinda crappy. (I think Luke’s post is excellent, but just reading it is not generally sufficient for going from not doing the skill well to doing the skill well.)
I don’t know exactly what sort of resources would be best, but I imagine we could do better than what we have now.
One thing I’d add is that I think several people at RP and elsewhere would be very excited if someone could:
Find existing resources that work as good training for improving one’s reasoning transparency, and/or
Create such a resource
As far as I’m aware, currently the state of the art is “Suggest people read the post Reasoning Transparency, maybe point them to a couple somewhat related other things (e.g., the compilation I made that Neil links to, or this other compilation I made), hope they absorb it, give them a bunch of feedback when they don’t really (since it’s hard!), hope they absorb that, repeat.” I.e., the state of the art is kinda crappy. (I think Luke’s post is excellent, but just reading it is not generally sufficient for going from not doing the skill well to doing the skill well.)
I don’t know exactly what sort of resources would be best, but I imagine we could do better than what we have now.
Oh, and some other resources I’d often point people towards after they join are:
Giving and receiving feedback (including the top comments)
Countering imposter syndrome and anxiety about work
My collections on how to do high-impact research and get useful input from busy people