My name’s Schuyler. I’m a 22 year old 1st year law student in NYC, with my undergraduate degree in Economics and Philosophy. I spend my free time as a volunteer fireman/EMT out on Long Island.
Stumbled over to OB in the beginning of September, as I fleshed out my Google Reader in preparation for the upcoming year of law school (gotta kill time in class somehow). The Babyeaters got me hooked, and when LessWrong opened up I started lurking here, as well. Never posted or commented on either site, except to express my appreciation for the Babyeaters series. Always been kind of intimidated, to be honest.
I suppose I became interested in rationality when I started taking my Econ theory courses. The first assumption of economics is that people are rational—and in my class, as well as all the others I’ve TA’ed for, the students invariably respond ‘No, they aren’t.’ Immediately. So when I branched out into my second major, and reading Friedman and Nozick, I tried to both understand why people aren’t rational, and try to bring myself closer to that ideal.
I don’t think I’ve done such a good job, all told. But I am grateful to the contributors on this website and over at OB for helping so frequently.
Howdy.
My name’s Schuyler. I’m a 22 year old 1st year law student in NYC, with my undergraduate degree in Economics and Philosophy. I spend my free time as a volunteer fireman/EMT out on Long Island.
Stumbled over to OB in the beginning of September, as I fleshed out my Google Reader in preparation for the upcoming year of law school (gotta kill time in class somehow). The Babyeaters got me hooked, and when LessWrong opened up I started lurking here, as well. Never posted or commented on either site, except to express my appreciation for the Babyeaters series. Always been kind of intimidated, to be honest.
I suppose I became interested in rationality when I started taking my Econ theory courses. The first assumption of economics is that people are rational—and in my class, as well as all the others I’ve TA’ed for, the students invariably respond ‘No, they aren’t.’ Immediately. So when I branched out into my second major, and reading Friedman and Nozick, I tried to both understand why people aren’t rational, and try to bring myself closer to that ideal.
I don’t think I’ve done such a good job, all told. But I am grateful to the contributors on this website and over at OB for helping so frequently.