My upvotes are probably due to the fact that I said mathematics, rather than any agreement concerning my potential lack of paycheck. I know that a mathematics background could supply me a paycheck at this point in my life, but I was urged against it by some other people when I was choosing my major.
Basic introduction to? Is this in addition to the expertise I got from the genie, or if the genie was only offering me a basic introduction? Do I only get to choose one? Gee that’s hard. I’m pretty much working on having a basic introduction to everything already. So, given my existing basic introductions… I think I’d like to get a basic introduction to quantum physics… but that’s kind of cheating because I’d have to know a lot of physics and mathematics in the basic intro. I choose that one because I want to know it for purely vain reasons, and it would be nice to save the time of learning it for more “useful” studies.
This blog definitely is going to appeal to a minority of people. I personally do not have the proper education to follow the bayesian/frequentist debate, though I want to hear about it. I think that the healthy practice of linking to information is fantastic, as well as the lesswrong wiki. That way if you know what the person is talking about, you don’t have to follow the link, but if you need to learn, it’s right there at your fingertips.
Edit: Oh right, and I can’t contribute to quantum physics discussions very well either.
My upvotes are probably due to the fact that I said mathematics, rather than any agreement concerning my potential lack of paycheck. I know that a mathematics background could supply me a paycheck at this point in my life, but I was urged against it by some other people when I was choosing my major.
Basic introduction to? Is this in addition to the expertise I got from the genie, or if the genie was only offering me a basic introduction? Do I only get to choose one? Gee that’s hard. I’m pretty much working on having a basic introduction to everything already. So, given my existing basic introductions… I think I’d like to get a basic introduction to quantum physics… but that’s kind of cheating because I’d have to know a lot of physics and mathematics in the basic intro. I choose that one because I want to know it for purely vain reasons, and it would be nice to save the time of learning it for more “useful” studies.
This blog definitely is going to appeal to a minority of people. I personally do not have the proper education to follow the bayesian/frequentist debate, though I want to hear about it. I think that the healthy practice of linking to information is fantastic, as well as the lesswrong wiki. That way if you know what the person is talking about, you don’t have to follow the link, but if you need to learn, it’s right there at your fingertips.
Edit: Oh right, and I can’t contribute to quantum physics discussions very well either.