In response to comment by Jack on What is Bayesianism?
Comment author: comedian 01 March 2010 06:04:56PM *  5 points [-]

For example, your first "unanswered" question just sounds crazy! I mean, HOLY SHIT! the hijackers names aren't on the manifest! That is huge! And yet, of course they absolutely are on the flight manifests and, indeed, they flew under their own names. Indeed, we even have seating charts. For example, Mohamed Atta was in seat 8D. That's business class, btw.

This is a crowning moment of awesome.

Comment author: Baruta07 10 November 2012 04:55:41PM *  2 points [-]

Warning: TvTropes may ruin your life, TvTropes should be used at your discretion, (most Tropers agree that excessive use of TvTropes may be conductive to cynicism and overvaluation of most major media, Tvtropes can cause such symptoms as: Becoming dangerously genre savvy, spending increasing amounts of time on TvTropes, and a general increase in the number of tropes you use in a conversation. Please think twice before using TvTropes)

Comment author: Baruta07 10 November 2012 12:30:40AM 0 points [-]

You know, now I actually want to go up to my art teacher with a painting and ask her to "Say something mathematical".

Comment author: beoShaffer 08 November 2012 06:50:58AM 0 points [-]

How do you feel about Heinlein?

Comment author: Baruta07 09 November 2012 04:06:05PM *  1 point [-]

He's a decent author but I am having trouble finding anything of significance by him in Calgary

Comment author: shminux 06 November 2012 10:59:49PM *  3 points [-]

How does it feel to be almost exactly average?

Comment author: Baruta07 07 November 2012 08:44:25PM 2 points [-]

Quite okay actually, not sure who decided that the entire IQ test be made up of progressive reasoning tests, at least ask some other problem solving questions

Comment author: Baruta07 06 November 2012 05:47:11PM 23 points [-]

Survey: Completed, no problems. Dithered quite a bit when asked what my position was on the true Prisoners dilemma. And I keep consistently overshooting the estimation dates by 100 years (almost precisely, on the previous survey I overshot by 105 years, this time overshot by 120ish). I've started getting more involved in the community over the past 3 months.

Comment author: Baruta07 06 November 2012 09:09:12PM 4 points [-]

Just took the IQ test for fun, wasn't even trying hard for half of it, still got a 102

Comment author: Kawoomba 06 November 2012 06:11:08PM *  5 points [-]

(I also have a unusual fondness for brackets, if you couldn't tell by now)

Lisp ith a theriouth condition, once you go full Lisp, you'll never (((((((((((((... come back)?n).

Comment author: Baruta07 06 November 2012 08:49:45PM 0 points [-]

I was laughing so hard when I saw this.

Comment author: Baruta07 06 November 2012 06:01:07PM 0 points [-]

I am Alexander Baruta, High-school student currently in the 11th grade (grade 12 math and biology). I originally found the site through Eliezer's blog, I am (technically) part of the school's robotics team (someone has to stop them from creating unworkable plans), undergoing Microsoft It certification, and going through all of the psychology courses in as little time as possible (Currently enrolled in a self-directed learning school) so I can get to the stuff I don't already know. My mind is fact oriented, (I can remember the weirdest things with perfect clarity after only hearing them once) but I have trouble combining that recall with my English classes, and I have trouble remembering names. I am informally studying formal logic, programming, game theory, and probability theory (don't you hate it when the curriculum changes. (I also have a unusual fondness for brackets, if you couldn't tell by now)

Comment author: Baruta07 06 November 2012 06:02:22PM 0 points [-]

Sorry about that, the internet connection I am using occasionally does this sort of thing.

Comment author: Baruta07 06 November 2012 06:01:18PM *  7 points [-]

I am Alexander Baruta, High-school student currently in the 11th grade (grade 12 math and biology). I originally found the site through Eliezer's blog, I am (technically) part of the school's robotics team (someone has to stop them from creating unworkable plans), undergoing Microsoft It certification, and going through all of the psychology courses in as little time as possible (Currently enrolled in a self-directed learning school) so I can get to the stuff I don't already know. My mind is fact oriented, (I can remember the weirdest things with perfect clarity after only hearing them once) but I have trouble combining that recall with my English classes, and I have trouble remembering names. I am informally studying formal logic, programming, game theory, and probability theory (don't you hate it when the curriculum changes. (I also have a unusual fondness for brackets, if you couldn't tell by now)

I also feel that any discussion about me that fails to mention my love of Sf/Fantasy should be shot dead, I caught onto reading at a very, very early age and by the time I was in 5th grade I was reading at a 12th grade comprehension level, and I was tackling Asimov, Niven, Pohl, Piers Anthony, Stephen R. Donaldson, Roger Zelazny and most good authors.

Comment author: Baruta07 06 November 2012 06:01:07PM 0 points [-]

I am Alexander Baruta, High-school student currently in the 11th grade (grade 12 math and biology). I originally found the site through Eliezer's blog, I am (technically) part of the school's robotics team (someone has to stop them from creating unworkable plans), undergoing Microsoft It certification, and going through all of the psychology courses in as little time as possible (Currently enrolled in a self-directed learning school) so I can get to the stuff I don't already know. My mind is fact oriented, (I can remember the weirdest things with perfect clarity after only hearing them once) but I have trouble combining that recall with my English classes, and I have trouble remembering names. I am informally studying formal logic, programming, game theory, and probability theory (don't you hate it when the curriculum changes. (I also have a unusual fondness for brackets, if you couldn't tell by now)

Comment author: Baruta07 06 November 2012 05:47:11PM 23 points [-]

Survey: Completed, no problems. Dithered quite a bit when asked what my position was on the true Prisoners dilemma. And I keep consistently overshooting the estimation dates by 100 years (almost precisely, on the previous survey I overshot by 105 years, this time overshot by 120ish). I've started getting more involved in the community over the past 3 months.

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