Hi all,
I’m John Bustard. I was suggested this site by a friend and I’ve just started getting into it.
I’m a PhD student in computer vision, with a basic need for intellectual discussions (nice food and good debates are pretty close to heaven for me). I’m also very keen on improving my knowledge of statistical learning, which I feel is the key to understanding truth (the formalisation of understanding). I’m a fan of the singularity with a preference for brain scanning and simulation as the triggering event. Above all, however, I’m attracted by the sense of community this site represents. I feel a great empathy with those whose posts reflect a dissatisfaction and frustration with the world around them. I have recently started being a bit more public about my own views, primarily in the hope of finding others who feel similarly. My posts on my own site tend to be more personal and much less rigorous. In part, so that I can talk about ideas that are hard to be rigorous about, but also as an honest analysis of my own feelings. Please feel free to criticise them at the site. I’ll be much more thorough with the posts I make here. I hope I can contribute something interesting and look forward to reading your impressive catalogue of articles.
Hi all, I’m John Bustard. I was suggested this site by a friend and I’ve just started getting into it. I’m a PhD student in computer vision, with a basic need for intellectual discussions (nice food and good debates are pretty close to heaven for me). I’m also very keen on improving my knowledge of statistical learning, which I feel is the key to understanding truth (the formalisation of understanding). I’m a fan of the singularity with a preference for brain scanning and simulation as the triggering event. Above all, however, I’m attracted by the sense of community this site represents. I feel a great empathy with those whose posts reflect a dissatisfaction and frustration with the world around them. I have recently started being a bit more public about my own views, primarily in the hope of finding others who feel similarly. My posts on my own site tend to be more personal and much less rigorous. In part, so that I can talk about ideas that are hard to be rigorous about, but also as an honest analysis of my own feelings. Please feel free to criticise them at the site. I’ll be much more thorough with the posts I make here. I hope I can contribute something interesting and look forward to reading your impressive catalogue of articles.