Hi, I’m Alex. I study biochemistry at Rutgers University. I think I was linked to Three Worlds Collide through a TVTropes page. In the past few days I have been curious about
Kolmogorov complexity,
how to derive the formula “y = 1/x” by slicing a cone with a plane,
and when it’s appropriate to generalize laboratory results in psychology to human interactions outside the laboratory. Like, the original result on Hold Off On Proposing Solutions was probably done with groups of strangers; is it still true of groups of friends or coworkers? I think so.
Hi, I’m Alex. I study biochemistry at Rutgers University. I think I was linked to Three Worlds Collide through a TVTropes page. In the past few days I have been curious about
Kolmogorov complexity,
how to derive the formula “y = 1/x” by slicing a cone with a plane,
and when it’s appropriate to generalize laboratory results in psychology to human interactions outside the laboratory. Like, the original result on Hold Off On Proposing Solutions was probably done with groups of strangers; is it still true of groups of friends or coworkers? I think so.
Hi Alex! Welcome to Less Wrong. I’m pretty new here also, so if you want someone to work through Sequences with, let me know.
Three Worlds Collide is great! I also recommend Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, which was also written by Yudkowsky.