Hello LessWrong community, my name is Andrew. I’m beginning my first year of university at UofT this September, despite my relatively old age (21). This is mostly due to the resistance I faced when upgrading my courses, due to my learning disability diagnosis and lack of prereqs. I am currently enrolled in a BA cognitive science program, although I hope to upgrade my math credits to a U level so I can pursue the science branch instead.
I found this site through common sense atheism a while ago, although I have sparsely visited it until recently. I admittedly know little about rationality, and thus have little to contribute. However, I hope that my time here will be a learning experience, in order to better determine the direction my studies should take.
If I had to state my professional (-ish) interest, it would be the psychology of belief- like how people evaluate evidence, how they are biased, etc. I also find perception and consciousness neat- although I am kinda ignorant on those topics.
A point I meant to make in my original comment: I hope the community support will more effectively encourage rational behavior in myself than I’ve currently been able to do solo. Enforce your group norms, and i hope to adapt to this tribe’s methods quickly, unless more effective self hacks are known.
Oh how embarrassing. My apologies for any confusion Andrew, and welcome to LessWrong!:) it’s a lovely place from what I’ve seen, and I hope you stick around.
Hello LessWrong community, my name is Andrew. I’m beginning my first year of university at UofT this September, despite my relatively old age (21). This is mostly due to the resistance I faced when upgrading my courses, due to my learning disability diagnosis and lack of prereqs. I am currently enrolled in a BA cognitive science program, although I hope to upgrade my math credits to a U level so I can pursue the science branch instead.
I found this site through common sense atheism a while ago, although I have sparsely visited it until recently. I admittedly know little about rationality, and thus have little to contribute. However, I hope that my time here will be a learning experience, in order to better determine the direction my studies should take.
If I had to state my professional (-ish) interest, it would be the psychology of belief- like how people evaluate evidence, how they are biased, etc. I also find perception and consciousness neat- although I am kinda ignorant on those topics.
A point I meant to make in my original comment: I hope the community support will more effectively encourage rational behavior in myself than I’ve currently been able to do solo. Enforce your group norms, and i hope to adapt to this tribe’s methods quickly, unless more effective self hacks are known.
Oh how embarrassing. My apologies for any confusion Andrew, and welcome to LessWrong!:) it’s a lovely place from what I’ve seen, and I hope you stick around.