Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Open Thread: February 2010 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Alicorn 03 February 2010 05:19:18AM *  2 points [-]

I am becoming increasingly disinclined to stick out the grad school thing; it's not fun anymore, and really, a doctorate in philosophy is not going to let me do anything substantially different in kind from what I'm doing now once I have it. Nor will it earn me barrels of money or do immense social good, so if it's not fun, I'm kinda low on reasons to stay. I haven't outright decided to leave, but you know what they say. I'm putting out tentative feelers for what else I'd do if I do wind up abandoning ship. Can anyone think of a use for me - ideally one that doesn't require me to eat my savings while I pick up other credentials first?

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 03 February 2010 07:39:02AM 1 point [-]

How can we possibly know what your comparative advantage is, better than you do? In all seriousness, a certain amount of background information seems to be missing here.

Comment author: wedrifid 03 February 2010 07:57:55AM 3 points [-]

How can we possibly know what your comparative advantage is, better than you do?

Conceivably, someone here may have more exposure to parts of the world that Alicorn may not be aware of.

Comment author: Alicorn 03 February 2010 02:06:58PM 1 point [-]

I do talk about myself on this website sometimes. One could conceivably have picked up a lot about me. What is the necessary information for determining comparative advantage?