I hate to sound trite, but you could also try taking a few math and physics classes, or perhaps online equivalents thereof (perhaps somewhere like the Khan Academy, though I haven’t looked at their physics videos myself and cannot endorse them). There’s nothing wrong with reading articles and listening to advice, but nothing beats doing the work yourself. Well, at least it has been helpful for me personally; YMMV.
My apologies I must have miss-conveyed my meaning.
I am in fact taking the largest number of classes at my disposal for both mathematics and physics. My main reason for liking the Quantum Physics Sequence is more to do with the depiction of quantum mechanics as not strange.
I think the problem here is the accidental omission of the word “my” when mentioning the testing of ideas. The ideas in question are my own and I’m not looking for someone else to do the work for me. I’ve already done the work to some extent but regardless of however many times I examine my arguments I cannot be certain I am right. Even after getting a secondary opinion I won’t be able to be entirely certain however I will have more evidence for (or be it against) the I haven’t made a massive error model of reality. (The idea being to counteract any biases / ignorances I have that I may be unaware of.)
But yes, although I do not feel the general notion of your comment is applicable to myself, I do agree with it in principle.
In that case, you could consider writing up your ideas and posting them as an article for discussion on this site. While I personally am probably underqualified to judge your work, others here should be more than capable of doing so. You could also submit your writeup to some journal, or a math-heavy forum or, heck, even Slashdot.
Sorry if my response seemed a bit indignant, I didn’t mean to come across that way.
At the moment I’m just trying to find some way to safely test the aforementioned ideas, I’m worried I’m wrong, very worried. Hence I don’t want to waste too many peoples time for no good reason and I fear I’ve already wasted quite a bit of yours. That would be why I haven’t already posted an article to the discussion section.
The arguments in question are not purely math, although there is math involved it’s nothing particularly complex. My main problem is in finding someone who understands the problem (Pascal’s Mugging) well enough to understand the background to my argument. One of the avenues of action I decided to take was finally posting my introduction here and mentioning it in that.
Just to clarify, I’m 18 and very aware of my capacity for being wrong which is why I’m not even posting a writeup to LessWrong yet. My experience is far too limited for me to be able to accurately ascertain my validity. Submitting a writeup to a journal would be madness. Worse than that even, it would be crackpottery.
Again, sorry for the indignation. I’m working on it.
Sorry if my response seemed a bit indignant, I didn’t mean to come across that way.
No worries, you didn’t come off that way at all !
I’m worried I’m wrong, very worried. Hence I don’t want to waste too many peoples time for no good reason …
Well, it’s not like you’re going to force anyone to read your paper. If they want to read it, they will; if not, they won’t. If your paper ends up being very boring or something, I’d imagine that people will read it halfway and then stop (then vote it down, c’est la vie).
So, your risks here are minimal (you lose some karma points), but your potential reward is great: you have a very good chance of finding out whether you’re actually wrong or not; and if so, what exactly you’re wrong about. That’s worth some effort, I think.
I hate to sound trite, but you could also try taking a few math and physics classes, or perhaps online equivalents thereof (perhaps somewhere like the Khan Academy, though I haven’t looked at their physics videos myself and cannot endorse them). There’s nothing wrong with reading articles and listening to advice, but nothing beats doing the work yourself. Well, at least it has been helpful for me personally; YMMV.
My apologies I must have miss-conveyed my meaning.
I am in fact taking the largest number of classes at my disposal for both mathematics and physics. My main reason for liking the Quantum Physics Sequence is more to do with the depiction of quantum mechanics as not strange.
I think the problem here is the accidental omission of the word “my” when mentioning the testing of ideas. The ideas in question are my own and I’m not looking for someone else to do the work for me. I’ve already done the work to some extent but regardless of however many times I examine my arguments I cannot be certain I am right. Even after getting a secondary opinion I won’t be able to be entirely certain however I will have more evidence for (or be it against) the I haven’t made a massive error model of reality. (The idea being to counteract any biases / ignorances I have that I may be unaware of.)
But yes, although I do not feel the general notion of your comment is applicable to myself, I do agree with it in principle.
In that case, you could consider writing up your ideas and posting them as an article for discussion on this site. While I personally am probably underqualified to judge your work, others here should be more than capable of doing so. You could also submit your writeup to some journal, or a math-heavy forum or, heck, even Slashdot.
Sorry if my response seemed a bit indignant, I didn’t mean to come across that way.
At the moment I’m just trying to find some way to safely test the aforementioned ideas, I’m worried I’m wrong, very worried. Hence I don’t want to waste too many peoples time for no good reason and I fear I’ve already wasted quite a bit of yours. That would be why I haven’t already posted an article to the discussion section.
The arguments in question are not purely math, although there is math involved it’s nothing particularly complex. My main problem is in finding someone who understands the problem (Pascal’s Mugging) well enough to understand the background to my argument. One of the avenues of action I decided to take was finally posting my introduction here and mentioning it in that.
Just to clarify, I’m 18 and very aware of my capacity for being wrong which is why I’m not even posting a writeup to LessWrong yet. My experience is far too limited for me to be able to accurately ascertain my validity. Submitting a writeup to a journal would be madness. Worse than that even, it would be crackpottery.
Again, sorry for the indignation. I’m working on it.
No worries, you didn’t come off that way at all !
Well, it’s not like you’re going to force anyone to read your paper. If they want to read it, they will; if not, they won’t. If your paper ends up being very boring or something, I’d imagine that people will read it halfway and then stop (then vote it down, c’est la vie).
So, your risks here are minimal (you lose some karma points), but your potential reward is great: you have a very good chance of finding out whether you’re actually wrong or not; and if so, what exactly you’re wrong about. That’s worth some effort, I think.