Greetings Less Wrong Community.
I have been lurking on the site for a year reading the articles and sequences and now feel I’ve cut down the inferential differences enough to contribute meaningful comments.
My goal here is to have clear thought and effective communication in all aspects of my life, with special attention to application in the work environment.
Above most else I value the 12th virtue of rationality. Focus on the goal, value the goal, everything else is a tool to achieve the goal. Like chess, you only need two pieces to win, the only purpose of the other 14 is put the right two into position.
The sequences have been a great source of new idea, and a great exploration of some thoughts I’ve held but never took the time to charge rent on.
Lastly I was surprised by the amount of atheist/theist discussion. I only encounter situations were I consider having an atheist/theist talk roughly annually and even then I often decide to avoid the discussion because it would not further my current goals. How often do other Less Wrong reader enter atheist/theist discussions with the intent of achieving a goal?
Theists come along from time to time and generate a lot of discussion for a little while about every 10 months or so, I’d off-the-top-of-my-head estimate. I can’t speak for anyone else, I will generally engage with them for as long as they agree to be bound by logic; when it becomes “playing tennis without a net” (which it usually does, sooner or laer) I generally beg off.
My goal is mostly entertainment; partly education; I enjoy the process of clarifying ideas that other people have confidence in and their reasons for that confidence.
Greetings Less Wrong Community. I have been lurking on the site for a year reading the articles and sequences and now feel I’ve cut down the inferential differences enough to contribute meaningful comments.
My goal here is to have clear thought and effective communication in all aspects of my life, with special attention to application in the work environment.
Above most else I value the 12th virtue of rationality. Focus on the goal, value the goal, everything else is a tool to achieve the goal. Like chess, you only need two pieces to win, the only purpose of the other 14 is put the right two into position.
The sequences have been a great source of new idea, and a great exploration of some thoughts I’ve held but never took the time to charge rent on.
Lastly I was surprised by the amount of atheist/theist discussion. I only encounter situations were I consider having an atheist/theist talk roughly annually and even then I often decide to avoid the discussion because it would not further my current goals. How often do other Less Wrong reader enter atheist/theist discussions with the intent of achieving a goal?
Regards, wadavis
A little late, but I found Less Wrong while trying to understand what this comic was talking about.
Theists come along from time to time and generate a lot of discussion for a little while about every 10 months or so, I’d off-the-top-of-my-head estimate. I can’t speak for anyone else, I will generally engage with them for as long as they agree to be bound by logic; when it becomes “playing tennis without a net” (which it usually does, sooner or laer) I generally beg off.
My goal is mostly entertainment; partly education; I enjoy the process of clarifying ideas that other people have confidence in and their reasons for that confidence.
And welcome!