Hey LW. I found this site about an hour ago while browsing Quora (I know, I know) and the concept is really appealing to me.
Currently I’m studying for my undergrad degree in Neuroscience, not sure exactly what direction I want to take it in afterwards. Artificial neural networks and AI in general are intriguing to me. Being able to actually explain/understand concepts like consciousness and perception of reality in a material sense is sort of my (possibly idealistic) goal.
Empiricism is very dear to me, but I think in order to fully explore any idea you can’t pit it against rationalism—if that’s even a thing that people still do.
It’s likely that I’ll do more lurking than anything else on here, but I’m looking forward to it anyways!
Hey LW. I found this site about an hour ago while browsing Quora (I know, I know) and the concept is really appealing to me. Currently I’m studying for my undergrad degree in Neuroscience, not sure exactly what direction I want to take it in afterwards. Artificial neural networks and AI in general are intriguing to me. Being able to actually explain/understand concepts like consciousness and perception of reality in a material sense is sort of my (possibly idealistic) goal. Empiricism is very dear to me, but I think in order to fully explore any idea you can’t pit it against rationalism—if that’s even a thing that people still do. It’s likely that I’ll do more lurking than anything else on here, but I’m looking forward to it anyways!
Welcome to Less Wrong!
I think you’ll find a lot of conversation relevant to your interests here.