Hi! I first learned about LW and its corresponding memespace from reading SSC and gwern. I’ve semi-lurked on the site for various years now and was attracted to it because of how often it activated my insight antennae, but I only started seriously reading the sequences (which I have yet to finish) since last year. I have always wanted to join the site in some capacity or another, but I didn’t really believe I could come up with anything meaningful to add and didn’t feel godly enough to post. Now I do have some things I want to write about, so I finally came up with an excuse to create an account (not that I feel any more godly though). I am kind of afraid of creating noise—since I don’t have a good enough picture of what’s the expected signal/noise ratio while posting, or if I can just throw ideas out of the blue—but I also have a strong feeling I will ultimately end up learning much more if I join now than if I wait longer.
Hi! I first learned about LW and its corresponding memespace from reading SSC and gwern. I’ve semi-lurked on the site for various years now and was attracted to it because of how often it activated my insight antennae, but I only started seriously reading the sequences (which I have yet to finish) since last year. I have always wanted to join the site in some capacity or another, but I didn’t really believe I could come up with anything meaningful to add and didn’t feel godly enough to post. Now I do have some things I want to write about, so I finally came up with an excuse to create an account (not that I feel any more godly though). I am kind of afraid of creating noise—since I don’t have a good enough picture of what’s the expected signal/noise ratio while posting, or if I can just throw ideas out of the blue—but I also have a strong feeling I will ultimately end up learning much more if I join now than if I wait longer.
Welcome! Looking forward to seeing your writing!
Welcome to LessWrong!
Thanks!