As Scott Alexander said—the LessWrong survey found the lowest percentile in this community to 85th percentile of the general population. that means one with the lowest score here is still quite smart.
Also, take a look at dunning-Kruger effect, not because the inadequate rate themselves high, but because “the best performers will systematically underestimate how good they are, by about 15 percentile points.” You can also read around Yudkowsky on modesty.
And statistically speaking, i think i should believe (due to base rate) that you’re in the mean/median of intelligence of this community. than, due to your modesty, only put you higher.
(Hopefully i haven’t pressed this point to much, it just saddens me to people under-confident in themselves. i feel that way too sometimes, so i want to help others when i can)
My question: is there any feedback you can give on this idea
Yes—Do it! go for it! have fun! you don’t have to be the most adequate, and you won’t need to fake adequacy.
Other then that, i think starting with hammer time can be a great way to start if you don’t feel confident enough to do otherwise, and you can invite people from the community and ask them questions. i think that’s a good starting point :)
Thank you for the encouragement! I hope I didn’t sound like I was fishing for that. I just wanted to emphasize my desire to seek any other more optimal paths.
Please, don’t undermine yourself :)
As Scott Alexander said—the LessWrong survey found the lowest percentile in this community to 85th percentile of the general population. that means one with the lowest score here is still quite smart.
Also, take a look at dunning-Kruger effect, not because the inadequate rate themselves high, but because “the best performers will systematically underestimate how good they are, by about 15 percentile points.” You can also read around Yudkowsky on modesty.
And statistically speaking, i think i should believe (due to base rate) that you’re in the mean/median of intelligence of this community. than, due to your modesty, only put you higher.
(Hopefully i haven’t pressed this point to much, it just saddens me to people under-confident in themselves. i feel that way too sometimes, so i want to help others when i can)
Yes—Do it! go for it! have fun! you don’t have to be the most adequate, and you won’t need to fake adequacy.
Other then that, i think starting with hammer time can be a great way to start if you don’t feel confident enough to do otherwise, and you can invite people from the community and ask them questions. i think that’s a good starting point :)
Thank you for the encouragement! I hope I didn’t sound like I was fishing for that. I just wanted to emphasize my desire to seek any other more optimal paths.
didn’t sound like that at all—all the support is because of how this community is :)