Open Thread, August 2010-- part 2

NancyLebovitz

This thread is for the discussion of Less Wrong topics that have not appeared in recent posts. If a discussion gets unwieldy, celebrate by turning it into a top-level post.

Here is all the math you need to know to understand most of LW (correct me if I'm wrong):

The Khan Academy (For the basics.)
A Guide to Bayes’ Theorem – A few links (Just this might do too.)

I'm working through all of it right now. Not very far yet though.

You might want to add computer science and basic programming knowledge too.

Some people, including me, can get away with knowing much less and just figuring stuff out as we go along. I'm not sure if anyone can learn this ability, but for me personally it wasn't inborn and I know exactly how I acquired it. Working through one math topic properly at school over a couple years taught me all the skills needed to fill any gaps I encountered afterwards. University was a breeze after that.

The method of study was this: we built one topic (real analysis) up from the ground floor (axiomatization of the reals), receiving only the axioms and ... (read more)

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Ok, you might add some logic and set theory as well if you want to grasp the comments. Although some comment threads go much further than that.

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