Comment author: SpencerHill 22 November 2014 06:48:54AM 3 points [-]

Last weekend, I presented on three resolutions in front of the General Assembly of the Student Senate Of California Community Colleges. (Resolutions are kind of like laws that the Student Senate can get all the community colleges in california to follow - if enough delegates vote for them at the aforementioned GA, an event which happens once a semester.) I'd written all three of those resolutions. The audience numbered around 700 including the 80 delegates. All three resolutions passed.

Comment author: helltank 10 November 2014 02:41:43AM 11 points [-]

I went through an entire evening outing and did not drop the ball once socially- in every event, I successfully carried out all the steps of social interaction, from perfectly(or so I'd like to think) mimicking empathy, adopting correct facial expressions and words. I'd like to think that this is a huge step forward in my social training. One of the people that I went on an outing with even commented that he thought my social skills were improving greatly.

Comment author: SpencerHill 13 November 2014 08:50:44AM 1 point [-]

I have to admit, this is pretty damn impressive, no matter how basic people seem to think those skills should be.

Comment author: SpencerHill 13 November 2014 05:36:04AM 20 points [-]

I did the survey! I decided to say I didn't believe in god, even though I think there's a high probability of the universe being a simulation, because I don't count a simulation as supernatural. Supernatural is something that requires the universe to be non-reductionist, in my opinion.