I like to call myself Sindre online. I’m just barely 18, and I go to school in Norway—which doesn’t have a school system entirely similar to any other that I’m familiar with, so I’ll refrain from trying to describe what sort of education I’m getting—other than to say that I’m not very impressed with how the public school system is laid out here in Norway.
I found Less Wrong through a comment on this blog, where it was mentioned as a place populated by reasonably intelligent people. Since I thought that was an intriguing endorsement, I decided to give it a look. I’ve been lurking here ever since—up until now, anyway.
How I came to identify as a rationalist
There’s really not much to that story. I can’t even begin to remember at what age I endorsed reason as a guiding principle. I was mocked as a ‘philosopher’ as far back as when I was nine years old, and probably earlier still.
I value and work to achieve an understanding of human psychology, as well as a diversity of meditative achievements derived from yoga. There’s certainly more, but that’s all I can think of right now.
P.S.: Some of the aesthetic choices I’ve made in this post, like italicizing my name, are mostly just to see if I understood the instructions correctly and are otherwise arbitrary.
Edit: Since that seems to have earned me a downvote, I’d like to clarify that I’m just wondering as to what, specifically, you’re curious about. Why I choose to call myself that? If I’m some other Sindre you know? Why my username is not Sindre? etc.
Hrm. Now someone’s downvoted your question, it seems. It’s all a great, sinister conspiracy.
Well, regardless… peuddO is a username I occasionally utilize on internet forums. It’s “upside down” in Norwegian, written upside down in Norwegian (I’m so very clever). Even so, I know that I personally prefer to know the names people go by out-of-internet. It’s a strange quirk, perhaps, but it makes me feel obligated to provide my real first name when introducing myself.
I like to call myself Sindre online. I’m just barely 18, and I go to school in Norway—which doesn’t have a school system entirely similar to any other that I’m familiar with, so I’ll refrain from trying to describe what sort of education I’m getting—other than to say that I’m not very impressed with how the public school system is laid out here in Norway.
I found Less Wrong through a comment on this blog, where it was mentioned as a place populated by reasonably intelligent people. Since I thought that was an intriguing endorsement, I decided to give it a look. I’ve been lurking here ever since—up until now, anyway.
There’s really not much to that story. I can’t even begin to remember at what age I endorsed reason as a guiding principle. I was mocked as a ‘philosopher’ as far back as when I was nine years old, and probably earlier still.
I value and work to achieve an understanding of human psychology, as well as a diversity of meditative achievements derived from yoga. There’s certainly more, but that’s all I can think of right now.
P.S.: Some of the aesthetic choices I’ve made in this post, like italicizing my name, are mostly just to see if I understood the instructions correctly and are otherwise arbitrary.
Out of curiosity...
Out of curiosity… what?
Edit: Since that seems to have earned me a downvote, I’d like to clarify that I’m just wondering as to what, specifically, you’re curious about. Why I choose to call myself that? If I’m some other Sindre you know? Why my username is not Sindre? etc.
No idea why someone would downvote a reasonable question. That would be bizarre.
‘Username not’ was the one. :)
Hrm. Now someone’s downvoted your question, it seems. It’s all a great, sinister conspiracy.
Well, regardless… peuddO is a username I occasionally utilize on internet forums. It’s “upside down” in Norwegian, written upside down in Norwegian (I’m so very clever). Even so, I know that I personally prefer to know the names people go by out-of-internet. It’s a strange quirk, perhaps, but it makes me feel obligated to provide my real first name when introducing myself.
:) Thanks. And welcome ironic-Norwegian-reference.