Hi, I’ve been hanging around for several months now and decided to join. My name is John and I found the site (I believe) via a link on CommonSenseAtheism to How to actually change your mind. I read through many of those posts and took notes and resonated with a lot. I loved EY’s Twelve Virtues and the Litany of Gendlin.
I’m a graduate in mechanical engineering and work as one today. I don’t know that I would call myself a rationalist, but only because I haven’t perhaps become one. In other words, I want to be but do not consider myself to be well-versed in rationalist methods and thought compared to posts/comments I read here.
To close, I was brought to this site in a round-about way because I have recently de-converted from Catholicism (which is what took me to CSA). I’m still amidst my “quest” and blog about it HERE. I would say I’m not sure god doesn’t exist or that Christianity is false, but the belief is no longer there. I seek to be as certain and justified I can in whatever beliefs I hold. LessWrong has seemed to be a good tool toward that end. I look forward to continuing to learn and want to take this opportunity to begin participating more.
Note: I also post as “Hendy” on several other blogs. We are the same.
Hi, I’ve been hanging around for several months now and decided to join. My name is John and I found the site (I believe) via a link on CommonSenseAtheism to How to actually change your mind. I read through many of those posts and took notes and resonated with a lot. I loved EY’s Twelve Virtues and the Litany of Gendlin.
I’m a graduate in mechanical engineering and work as one today. I don’t know that I would call myself a rationalist, but only because I haven’t perhaps become one. In other words, I want to be but do not consider myself to be well-versed in rationalist methods and thought compared to posts/comments I read here.
To close, I was brought to this site in a round-about way because I have recently de-converted from Catholicism (which is what took me to CSA). I’m still amidst my “quest” and blog about it HERE. I would say I’m not sure god doesn’t exist or that Christianity is false, but the belief is no longer there. I seek to be as certain and justified I can in whatever beliefs I hold. LessWrong has seemed to be a good tool toward that end. I look forward to continuing to learn and want to take this opportunity to begin participating more.
Note: I also post as “Hendy” on several other blogs. We are the same.