= 27d567bc2d48d9f40e9ccc20ea370b15)
I read HPMOR. That got me interested in Lesswrong. The most I can say for pre-rationalist!me was that I was curious and a bit creative.
In response to
Bragging Thread July 2015
I was accepted into graduate school at a nice university for bioinformatics.
Me too.
We did have 6 owls, one eagle, a duck, an octopus and an angry bird, to count only the plush toys I remember right now. I think we were missing a six feet plush crocodile though. It was oddly bird-centered.
A 6ft crocodile is necessary at such events. I'm really not sure how you all managed without Mr. Scaly. :)
In response to
European Community Weekend 2015 - Followup
In case you're wondering why there were only 74 participants: 80 people signed up, but 6 did not attend and didn't give notice, so the spaces could not be filled.
Clearly, this event needed many more owls.
In response to
A Year of Spaced Repetition Software in the Classroom
I wish my high school teachers had done this.
A+
In response to
Less Wrong Study Hall - Year Two
The crocodiles and owls are our best residents. Especially the 6 ft (2 meter) long crocodile named Mr. Scaly. He is Great and Proud and Frolicsome.
In response to
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapters 105-107
I cannot be truly killed by any power known to me.
Prophecy, much? The power he knows not? I mean, that's a gimme but...
In response to
comment
by
on
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 104
He went with Lesath, not Cedric.
In response to
comment
by
on
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 104
Yes. But two minutes before that he was thinking of taking Cedric, and then we get a cut scene to him sneaking about in the hallway with Lesath. That implies that Cedric might still be in play, otherwise we probably would've gotten a short sentence or two on why he chose Lesath over Cedric.
Cedric, who may or may not have a time turner, could quite possibly show up.
View more: Next
= b715d02e85f7b3b4ae65ca3d3e450868)
Subscribe to RSS Feed
= f037147d6e6c911a85753b9abdedda8d){kind=logo}
... but clearly open-minded enough to change your mind about a lot of stuff. What I mean is that I've told a lot of people about LessWrong, but I don't think it really "changed" any of them, and almost no one continued to read more than one or two articles. So what do you think makes you different?
I read HPMOR and thought "if this stuff (meaning rationality) actually works, it's powerful in a way that I haven't seen before." I remember thinking something like that at the time, but memory is fairly unreliable. I'll have to dig through old journals to see if I mentioned it anywhere.
The sequences also had the advantage of being written in an entertaining way. Beyond that, I'm not sure what makes me any different. I'd like to think I'm special or have some trait that makes me more prone to rationality, but that's purely self-serving. More likely it's luck-- reading it at the right time when I was in a headspace to absorb that kind of knowledge.