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polymathwannabe

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Journalism dropout turned philosophy dropout, and that does a better job at defining me than the business degree I do have. I’m an amateur science fiction writer.

[Question] How do you sur­vive in the hu­man­i­ties?

polymathwannabeFeb 20, 2020, 3:19 PM
29 points
20 comments2 min readLW link

Mosquito kil­ling begins

polymathwannabeNov 8, 2017, 3:46 PM
7 points
6 comments1 min readLW link
(qz.com)

Physi­cists say simu­la­tion hy­poth­e­sis is im­pos­si­ble in principle

polymathwannabeOct 2, 2017, 8:36 PM
−4 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(cosmosmagazine.com)

Nick Bostrom says Google is win­ning the AI arms race

polymathwannabeOct 5, 2016, 6:50 PM
8 points
32 comments1 min readLW link
(www.newsweek.com)

Open Thread, Aug. 22 − 28, 2016

polymathwannabeAug 22, 2016, 4:24 PM
6 points
67 comments1 min readLW link

LINK: New clini­cal trial will try to re­store dead brains

polymathwannabeMay 4, 2016, 8:05 PM
7 points
12 comments1 min readLW link

LINK: Videogame with a very de­tailed simu­lated universe

polymathwannabeFeb 19, 2016, 3:04 AM
6 points
22 comments1 min readLW link

Open Thread, Jan­uary 4-10, 2016

polymathwannabeJan 4, 2016, 1:06 PM
9 points
426 comments1 min readLW link

LINK: Most of EvoPsych is pseudoscience

polymathwannabeDec 8, 2015, 12:53 AM
−1 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Open thread, De­cem­ber 7-13, 2015

polymathwannabeDec 7, 2015, 2:47 PM
8 points
224 comments1 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions, De­cem­ber 2015

polymathwannabeDec 1, 2015, 10:40 PM
9 points
139 comments1 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, Dec. 1-13, 2015

polymathwannabeDec 1, 2015, 10:39 PM
6 points
16 comments1 min readLW link

Crazy Ideas Thread, De­cem­ber 2015

polymathwannabeDec 1, 2015, 10:37 PM
6 points
39 comments1 min readLW link

Brag­ging thread, De­cem­ber 2015

polymathwannabeDec 1, 2015, 10:35 PM
6 points
25 comments1 min readLW link

LINK: An ex­am­ple of the Pink Flam­ingo, the ob­vi­ous-yet-over­looked cousin of the Black Swan

polymathwannabeNov 5, 2015, 4:55 PM
10 points
75 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Study: no big filter, we’re just too early

polymathwannabeOct 21, 2015, 1:13 PM
6 points
45 comments1 min readLW link

Group Ra­tion­al­ity Diary, Oct. 6-18, 2015

polymathwannabeOct 6, 2015, 11:23 PM
6 points
26 comments1 min readLW link

Stupid Ques­tions Septem­ber 2015

polymathwannabeSep 2, 2015, 6:26 PM
8 points
175 comments1 min readLW link

Brag­ging thread Septem­ber 2015

polymathwannabeSep 2, 2015, 6:24 PM
8 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Crazy Ideas Thread, Aug. 2015

polymathwannabeAug 11, 2015, 1:24 PM
12 points
244 comments1 min readLW link