Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 05 July 2012 02:13:26AM 4 points [-]

What my externally observable percentiles look like:

  • Writing: 99+%
  • Math: 99+%
  • Conceptual originality: 99+%
  • Programming: 95%
  • Conformity / ability to obey incorrect orders: 20%

What my educational credentials look like:

  • Highest level of education completed: 8th grade
Comment author: NiklasF 24 July 2012 10:31:59AM -3 points [-]

This is a too bold claim. So your writing skill is at the nobel prize class? Your math is close to fields prize level? And your programming skills is better than programmers who has spend a life-time programming?

You're 32 and aldready a better mathematician, programmer and writer than people spending life times doing that? There's only 0.1-% people in each category that are better than you?

Instead of saying you're among the worlds best, bragging ego inflation. Wouldn't have sufficed to say, "Im good at a,b,c... even tough i've only had 8th grade education"?