I have spent many years unintentionally dumbing myself down by not exercising my brain sufficiently. This place is somewhere I can come and flex a bit of mental muscle and get a bit of a dopamine reward for grasping a new concept or reading about how someone else worked their way through a problem and I am really glad it exists. The HPMOR series was especially useful for becoming more rational and since reading it my peers have noticed a change in the way I discuss difficult topics. I really enjoy recognising when the tools I’ve learnt here help me in my day to day stuff. In saying all that I feel I’m a rare ‘right of centre’ member here but because you are all rational it’s not such a big deal. Rational people are so much nicer to talk to eh!
I have spent many years unintentionally dumbing myself down by not exercising my brain sufficiently. This place is somewhere I can come and flex a bit of mental muscle and get a bit of a dopamine reward for grasping a new concept or reading about how someone else worked their way through a problem and I am really glad it exists. The HPMOR series was especially useful for becoming more rational and since reading it my peers have noticed a change in the way I discuss difficult topics. I really enjoy recognising when the tools I’ve learnt here help me in my day to day stuff. In saying all that I feel I’m a rare ‘right of centre’ member here but because you are all rational it’s not such a big deal. Rational people are so much nicer to talk to eh!