Also not showing up in some urls, like this.
windmil
Just a little error I saw in the Neoclassical Economics section:
If you are risk averse you might choose the blue box because it has higher expected subjective value even though it has higher expected objective value.
Should be “even though it has lower expected objective value.” Also, I’ve really enjoyed the post so far.
Your link to dualism early on is missing a closing parenthesis. I had to click a whole extra button. Thought I might let you know and save others from this taxing ordeal. Also, in the second block quote, there might be a typo, “philosophy close to the hone,” instead of “bone”.
That’s about how I felt when I took it. Still fun whipping out those uninformed estimates to show what silly things I think.
Even though if it were accepted it might be OFT used.
I probably took an odd route to get here. About two years ago I was just happily reading some Dresden Codak, and saw he went to a Singularity Summit. He commented briefly on some of the things presented, and I followed links to the websites of various speakers. Really though, Eliezer Yudkowsky’s site caught me the most. I started with The Simple Truth and over the next few months read through the sequences.
Haven’t really posted much here, though I come back and read a few things from time to time.
The little thing at the top about how this post is part of a sequence says it’s the third. Seemed like the second, and it is, but I still it still made me go check to make sure I hadn’t missed anything.
Also, (since just pointing out a little error isn’t really much of a comment, and neither is just saying I liked it) I found that this did really make me want to draw, at least temporarily. I’ll see if I can keep that going long enough to actually do it.
Hello all.
I’ve been lurking around here and devouring the sequences for about two years now. I haven’t said much because I rarely feel like I have much that’s useful, or I don’t feel knowledgeable about the subject. But I thought I might start commenting a bit more.
I’m 19, in Florida and studying engineering. I really want to do something that will bring the world forward in some way, and right now that has me pointed at trying to put my personal effort towards nanotechnology. For now though I’m just trying to win classes and learn as much as I can.
Not too much more than ‘hi’, but there it is.
I automatically assumed that the boxes contained more Giftos, if the kid said that one Gifto made it the best Christmas ever.
It might not be. Of course I don’t feel like I’m on track to help suddenly make atomically precise, self replicating nanomachines. But it would be nice to get closer to some mechanically precise manufacturing, or just certain better materials for some applications. Also I could make some money.
I am an early engineering undergrad, so right now I’m mostly taking intro to anything at all classes and not doing any real work. I wouldn’t be surprised if I changed directions at all.
The only LWer that I’ve noticed was from Florida! (Of course, people don’t too frequently pepper their posts with particulars of their placement.)
That could be cool if we ever got around to it. I’m usually in either Daytona Beach or Gainesville, not that it’s too big of a state to drive across… at least width-wise.
Admitting you don’t know something can show modesty. The issue brought up here is pride in ignorance, not the humble ability to admit it.
.ui lo du’u do cu se cinri la lojban. cu pluka mi
It’s nice to see someone else interested in lojban.
Florida, the central part.
I only have my own impressions to talk about, and I only had one reply to my meager introduction. There was a minor criticism included, but the welcoming part of the reply left me with a possitive feeling about it. The criticism also made me feel a little more like I was part of a discussion. It was a bit more than just a “Hey, happy you’re here”.
Getting any reply at all encouraged me to post a few more comments (like this one). Though others may mind criticism more, or of course get more of it by mentioning more extreme views.
Wasn’t that an add campaign for Denny’s?
It’s probably more an effort to practice rationality than refine it. Finding good media to entertain, and possibly bring new ideas is (at least) fun. And it’s better to take the word of people who already know the quality of something than to spend too much effort or wasting time on things you end up not enjoying.
I remember realizing not too long ago how silly I was being after just having read the Quantum Physics sequence here. I would watch popular science shows and have to have a little rant about how they were ALL WRONG! (Though I still admit any given popular science show can say some silly things) I realized every time I went to explain how they were ALL WRONG I would just say some secondhand (at least) and very opinionated ideas, and realize I didn’t have very deep understanding from all that. But I would keep going.
So I’ve decided to stop, because it’s irrational and at least a bit annoying I’d bet.
I don’t know, they don’t show up in the newest posts for me, but show up in any comments. I’m really curious why this is happening.