Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on SIAI - An Examination - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 07 May 2011 06:19:06AM 10 points [-]

I fully expect that less than 0.1% of mathematicians are working on math anywhere near as important as starting a chain of paleo coffee shops. What are you working on?

Comment author: Jordan 07 May 2011 08:24:00AM 6 points [-]

Fluid dynamics. Considering jumping over to computational neuroscience.

I've put some serious thought into a paleo coffee shop. It's definitely on my list of potential extra-academic endeavors if I end up leaving my ivory tower.