Greetings. Since this is more of a "blog" than a forum, I have hesitated to join the conversation. But since this is an open invitation I figured I would introduce myself.
I've been "lurking" on this site for over a year. I am a young professional working in the Philadelphia area as a computer programmer, though my background is in Engineering. I also consider myself an amateur philosopher. I stumbled upon the Overcoming Bias blog sometime in 2008 and found many of the posts to be thought-provoking and insightful. I have both OvercomingBias and LessWrong on my RSS feed.
I am interested in Artificial Intelligence, Ontology, Epistemology, General Semantics, Cognition, and many other aspects of rationalism. I am particularly interested in following the work of the Singularity Institute, and I wish them success.
I also occasionally participate in the "Thothica" online Philosophy community in Second Life. If there is a LessWrong or Singularity Institute contingent in Second Life, I would love to hear about it.
Greetings. Since this is more of a "blog" than a forum, I have hesitated to join the conversation. But since this is an open invitation I figured I would introduce myself.
I've been "lurking" on this site for over a year. I am a young professional working in the Philadelphia area as a computer programmer, though my background is in Engineering. I also consider myself an amateur philosopher. I stumbled upon the Overcoming Bias blog sometime in 2008 and found many of the posts to be thought-provoking and insightful. I have both OvercomingBias and LessWrong on my RSS feed.
I am interested in Artificial Intelligence, Ontology, Epistemology, General Semantics, Cognition, and many other aspects of rationalism. I am particularly interested in following the work of the Singularity Institute, and I wish them success.
I also occasionally participate in the "Thothica" online Philosophy community in Second Life. If there is a LessWrong or Singularity Institute contingent in Second Life, I would love to hear about it.
Cheers. :-)