Well, I haven’t really figured out what you all need to know about me, but I suppose there must be something relevant. Let’s start with why I’m here.
I can remember being introduced to Less Wrong in two ways, though I don’t know in what order. One was through HPMoR, and the other through a post about Newcomb’s problem. Neither of those really brought me here in a direct way, though. I guess I am here based on the cumulative sum of recommendations and mentions of LW made by people in my social circle, combined with a desire for new reading material that is between SF/fantasy novels and statistics textbooks in need for concentration. So, since I want stuff to read, preferably lots of it, I am starting with the Sequences.
I think the next-most-relevant information here is what fields I am knowledgeable (or not) about. My single area of greatest expertise is pure mathematics; I dropped out of grad school most of the way (I was told by people who should know) to a PhD with a thesis in algebraic topology, and am now a math tutor at the high school and college levels. I have a big gap in my useful math knowledge around statistics, though, which I am now working to fill. Hence the textbooks. I also know more than the average person about archaic household chores like canning and sewing.
Well, I haven’t really figured out what you all need to know about me, but I suppose there must be something relevant. Let’s start with why I’m here.
I can remember being introduced to Less Wrong in two ways, though I don’t know in what order. One was through HPMoR, and the other through a post about Newcomb’s problem. Neither of those really brought me here in a direct way, though. I guess I am here based on the cumulative sum of recommendations and mentions of LW made by people in my social circle, combined with a desire for new reading material that is between SF/fantasy novels and statistics textbooks in need for concentration. So, since I want stuff to read, preferably lots of it, I am starting with the Sequences.
I think the next-most-relevant information here is what fields I am knowledgeable (or not) about. My single area of greatest expertise is pure mathematics; I dropped out of grad school most of the way (I was told by people who should know) to a PhD with a thesis in algebraic topology, and am now a math tutor at the high school and college levels. I have a big gap in my useful math knowledge around statistics, though, which I am now working to fill. Hence the textbooks. I also know more than the average person about archaic household chores like canning and sewing.