Center for Applied Rationality

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Center for Applied Rationality
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Formation 2012; 12 years ago (2012)
Type Nonprofit research institute
Legal status 501(c)(3) tax exempt charity[1]
Purpose Research and training in cognitive science, and de-biasing
Location
Anna Salamon
Julia Galef
Website rationality.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
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