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Center for Applied Rationality
Formation2012; 12 years ago (2012)
TypeNonprofit research institute
Legal status501(c)(3) tax exempt charity[1]
PurposeResearch and training in cognitive science, and de-biasing
Location
Anna Salamon
Julia Galef
Websiterationality.org

The Center for Applied Rationality (CFAR) is a nonprofit based in Berkeley, California, that sells self-help workshops derived from cognitive science research.[2] It was founded in 2012 by Julia Galef, a writer and lecturer in the skeptic movement;[3][4][5] Anna Salamon, a former researcher with NASA and the Machine Intelligence Research Institute; Michael Smith, a teacher; and Andrew Critch, a mathematics PhD student at the time.[6][7][8][9] CFAR develops and tests cognitive tools using cognitive science research on how people form and change their beliefs. CFAR's workshops are intended to train participants to internalize and use strategies based on the principles of rationality to improve their reasoning and decision making skills and to achieve goals.[10][11]

Jaan Tallinn provides scholarships for selected Estonian students to attend the workshops.[12]

Media and reception

CFAR has been featured in media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal,[13] Fast Company,[14] Harper's Magazine,[15] and io9.[16] Galef's activities as a writer, podcaster and president of CFAR are mentioned by the The Atlantic,[17] The Verge,[18] and NPR.[19]

Anna Salamon presented at the 2014 Effective Altruism Summit.[20]

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.guidestar.org/organizations/45-3100226/center-applied-rationality.aspx%7C title=Guidestar| accessdate= 31 March 2015
  2. ^ "Vision". Center for Applied Rationality. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ^ "About Rationally Speaking". About Rationally. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Julia Galef's Homepage". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  5. ^ "Big Think article on Julia Galef". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  6. ^ "About". Center for Applied Rationality. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  7. ^ "Singularity Summit – Anna Salamon On Shaping the Intelligence Explosion". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Anna Salamon's Homepage". Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  9. ^ "July 2012 Newsletter". Singularity Institute.
  10. ^ "Workshops". Center for Applied Rationality. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  11. ^ Stiefel, Todd; Metskas, Amanda K. (22 May 2013). "Julia Galef". The Humanist Hour (podcast). Episode 083. The Humanist. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  12. ^ "Skype founder donates 54,000 euros to Tartu University". The Baltic Times. January 14, 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  13. ^ Chen, Angela. "More Rational Resolutions". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company.
  14. ^ Segran, Elizabeth. "Inside the Rationality Movement That Has Silicon Valley Buzzing With Positive Thinking". Fast Company. Mansueto Ventures, LLC. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  15. ^ Frank, Sam (January 2015). "Come With Us If You Want to Live: Among the apocalyptic libertarians of Silicon Valley". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  16. ^ Dvorsky, George (11 February 2012). "Why you're probably not as rational as you think you are — and what you can do about it". io9. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  17. ^ Benfield, Kaid (13 September 2011). "The Legacy of 9/11 for Community and the Built Environment". The Atlantic. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  18. ^ Popper, Ben (22 October 2012). "Rapture of the nerds: will the Singularity turn us into gods or end the human race?". The Verge. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  19. ^ Lombrozo, Tania (8 December 2014). "What If Atheists Were Defined By Their Actions?". NPR. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
  20. ^ "The Effective Altrusim Summit". Retrieved 31 March 2015.

Further reading

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