Thanks to this site, I’m relearning university physics through Feynman, have plans to pick up a couple textbooks from the recommended list, and plan on taking the opportunity to meet some hopefully intellectually stimulating people in person if any of the meetups you guys seem to regularly have manage to ever make it closer to the general Massachusetts area.
I recently graduated with a B.S in Chemistry with the now odd realization that I haven’t really learned anything during my experiences at university. I hope participating here will alleviate this void of knowledge I could have potentially learned.
Furthermore, if I’m lucky, I might get to contribute to the plethora of useful discussions that seem to populate this site. If I’m even luckier, those contributions will be positive. Let’s just hope I learn fast enough to make sure luck isn’t the deciding factor for such an outcome.
I am also curious as to the level of regular activity this site receives, perhaps a link to some statistics? Any reply would be greatly appreciated.
Also, I don’t know if this is really relevant here, but I’d like to mention that I have a weird dream of someday inventing direct mental communication between people that doesn’t involve the use of language, or at the very least help such a project along if any exist. I don’t know if anybody will care for such news, or even if this is a realistic goal to strive for considering the multitude of other priorities I have in life, but hey, it is what it is. Supposedly, meeting such a goal would at least require some optimization of my own ability to think clearly and correctly. Yet another reason to come here, no doubt.
Hello all,
I found this site from a link in the comments section of an SCP Foundation post, which consequently linked to one of Eliezer’s stranger allegorical pieces about the dangers of runaway AI intelligence getting the best of us. I’ve been hooked since.
Thanks to this site, I’m relearning university physics through Feynman, have plans to pick up a couple textbooks from the recommended list, and plan on taking the opportunity to meet some hopefully intellectually stimulating people in person if any of the meetups you guys seem to regularly have manage to ever make it closer to the general Massachusetts area.
I recently graduated with a B.S in Chemistry with the now odd realization that I haven’t really learned anything during my experiences at university. I hope participating here will alleviate this void of knowledge I could have potentially learned.
Furthermore, if I’m lucky, I might get to contribute to the plethora of useful discussions that seem to populate this site. If I’m even luckier, those contributions will be positive. Let’s just hope I learn fast enough to make sure luck isn’t the deciding factor for such an outcome.
I am also curious as to the level of regular activity this site receives, perhaps a link to some statistics? Any reply would be greatly appreciated.
Also, I don’t know if this is really relevant here, but I’d like to mention that I have a weird dream of someday inventing direct mental communication between people that doesn’t involve the use of language, or at the very least help such a project along if any exist. I don’t know if anybody will care for such news, or even if this is a realistic goal to strive for considering the multitude of other priorities I have in life, but hey, it is what it is. Supposedly, meeting such a goal would at least require some optimization of my own ability to think clearly and correctly. Yet another reason to come here, no doubt.
Well, here goes nothing! Hi guys!
Welcome!