I’m not arguing against trying to compare things. I was saying that the comparison wasn’t informative. Comparing dissimilar effects is valuable when done well, but comparing d-values of different effects from different interventions tells you very little.
Probably the crux here is that I think rationality training & the psychedelic experience can achieve similar kinds of behavior change (e.g. less energy spent on negative self-talk & unhelpful personal narratives) such that their effect sizes can be compared.
Whereas you think that rationality training & the psychedelic experience are different enough that believable comparison isn’t possible.
I’m not arguing against trying to compare things. I was saying that the comparison wasn’t informative. Comparing dissimilar effects is valuable when done well, but comparing d-values of different effects from different interventions tells you very little.
Probably the crux here is that I think rationality training & the psychedelic experience can achieve similar kinds of behavior change (e.g. less energy spent on negative self-talk & unhelpful personal narratives) such that their effect sizes can be compared.
Whereas you think that rationality training & the psychedelic experience are different enough that believable comparison isn’t possible.
Does that sound right to you?