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Rationality (Steven Pinker)
Harvard University
1 recommender · 1 thread · recommended in 1 year, 2020 · score 0.7
A Harvard course on rationality taught by psychologist Steven Pinker, covering critical reasoning and how to think clearly about a broad range of questions. The 2020 version is published on Pinker's website with roughly 20 hours of video and a syllabus.
Commenters point to its depth (about 20 hours of video and a structured syllabus) compared with most MOOCs, and to learning the subject from a leading thinker on it.
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Coursera is great but you're going to miss a lot of opportunities by limiting yourself to just that platform.
For instance, it hasn't been widely advertised, but you can essentially take Steven Pinker's 2020 course at Harvard on Rationale: https://stevenpinker.com/classes/rationality-gened-1066
There's upwards of 20 hours of video on this course alone. You don't get that kind of depth from most Coursera MOOCs. Further, the syllabus helps narrow down a vast subject to a few months of effort and there is no better design for learning it.
Critical reasoning skills are essential! Why not learn from one of the great thinkers on the subject?
This course has the potential of ascending to the upper echelon of MOOCs. I really hope that the content doesn't get taken down. It doesn't seem downloadable..