CFAR

The [[Center for Applied Rationality] (CFAR) is a nonprofit organization based in Berkeley, California, that hosts workshops on rationality and cognitive bias. It was founded in 2012 by Julia Galef, Anna Salamon, Michael Smith and Andrew Critch,[3] to improve participants' rationality using "a set of techniques from math and decision theory for forming your beliefs about the world as accurately as possible".[4] Its president since 2021 is Anna Salamon.[1] CFAR's training draws upon fields such as psychology and behavioral economics in an effort to improve people's mental habits. Jennifer Kahn visited the group and described its strengths and flaws in the New York Times.[5] CFAR has conducted a survey of participants which indicates that workshops reduce neuroticism and increase perceived efficacy.[6] CFAR is part of the rationalist movement surrounding Eliezer Yudkowsky's web site LessWrong, from which CFAR originated.[7] Paul Slovic and Keith Stanovich have served as advisors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Applied_Rationality