John_Maxwell_IV comments on A Rational Education - Less Wrong

12 Post author: wedrifid 23 June 2010 05:48AM

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Comment author: wedrifid 23 June 2010 11:42:20AM *  0 points [-]

What is it you currently do for income?

The internet pays me for correcting inefficiencies.

How many hours a week do you devote to making money

About 20.

and how many hours a week do you plan on devoting to formal lecture attendance+studying?

I plan on devoting very little time studying outside of formal lectures. (This will mean careful use of my time during lectures and all that I know on optimal learning techniques. My philosophy has always been that you either need to attend or you need to study but never both! (Perhaps I should add in IQ and say 'pick two').

I think pharmacology+statistics is a great double major. I certainly wish I had a degree in that rather than industrial engineering, but I would have had to have studied a lot harder than I did.

If I recall correctly (and have not got you confused with someone else) you earn money on the side selling pharmacologically active herbs online. I must get around to adding some of your leaves to my stockpile. That way when I actually needed them it wouldn't be too late (and I wouldn't be stuck with codeine).

Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 29 June 2010 07:23:34PM 4 points [-]

The internet pays me for correcting inefficiencies.

Can I hear more about this?