I read extensively outside my school curriculum-mostly books recommended by rationalists/atheists here and on other similar sites. I’ve also read a few “soft” science books such as those by Hawking, Ridley and so on.
Less than five in my grade. My school is fairly competitive and mostly composed of top students from other schools so there are intellectually curious people here.
I’m considering economics or engineering as a career. I like physics too but have been lagging behind lately- so maybe I’m not career material in that field.
Never heard of it before today, probably because it is a US-centric thing and I’m from outside the States. Visited the site and feel it doesn’t apply to me.
I stopped reading the “soft” pop science books I while ago because I felt that they were a bit repetitive (especially in psych). Luckily, my neighbor works as Pearson, so I get free textbooks on Ev. Psych and AI.
There was a discussion somewhere (that I’m trying desperately to find) that discussed how necessary it was to be a math genius to contribute to SIAI research. EDIT: found it
I’m a high school senior.
I read extensively outside my school curriculum-mostly books recommended by rationalists/atheists here and on other similar sites. I’ve also read a few “soft” science books such as those by Hawking, Ridley and so on.
Less than five in my grade. My school is fairly competitive and mostly composed of top students from other schools so there are intellectually curious people here.
I’m considering economics or engineering as a career. I like physics too but have been lagging behind lately- so maybe I’m not career material in that field.
Never heard of it before today, probably because it is a US-centric thing and I’m from outside the States. Visited the site and feel it doesn’t apply to me.
I stopped reading the “soft” pop science books I while ago because I felt that they were a bit repetitive (especially in psych). Luckily, my neighbor works as Pearson, so I get free textbooks on Ev. Psych and AI.
There was a discussion somewhere (that I’m trying desperately to find) that discussed how necessary it was to be a math genius to contribute to SIAI research. EDIT: found it
Was it this one?
No. It was something by lukeprog I think. IIRC, he was talking about cognitive science publications.