I'm kinda curious if y'all have opinions even tangential to this. It seems like there used to be pride in being an autodidact, while now any education outside of the standard channels is considered illegitimate or "posing."

  • BeamBrain [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    The only autodidact I know is Eliezer Yudkowsky and he turned out uhhhh not great

    • femboi [they/them, she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Ok so honest question, did he one day just decide that many worlds was the correct quantum interpretation just because he felt like it? Like does he actually understand anything about quantum physics?