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reckless intuitions of an epistemic hygienist
Birthdate:
11 February 1979
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Schools:
- Southbank International School - City of Westminster, England - Greater London, United Kingdom (1994 - 1997)
- Bucknell University - Lewisburg, PA (1997 - 2001)
- Universiteit van Amsterdam - Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands (2003 - 2005)
- Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA (2006 - 2008)
- University of British Columbia - Vancouver, BC, Canada (2008 - 2010)
- Columbia University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences - New York, NY (2010 present)
As a scientist/scholar, I seem to have two distinct personalities, Hard-Nosed Skeptic and Reckless Speculator. Much of this blog consists of their arguments with each other.
Some academic blogs have a serious tone, and their authors think carefully about what they say. This blog, on the other hand, is often used as a medium in which to think aloud. Quality control is usually not my top priority here. Hence the name: "reckless intuitions". If you want to see more serious writing, check my publications.
"epistemic hygienist" is the label I found to describe (1) my strong urge to formalize arguments, (2) my reluctance to fill in the blanks in other people's ambiguous statements (something that most people seem to be quite happy to do) (3) and, of course, my concern for good methodology. (See [1] [2] [3])
Gustavo Lacerda
31 May 2008
edited 2 Jan 2009, 18 Jan 2009
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Here are some of my favorite reads (not including LJ)
Cosma Shalizi - Three-Toed Sloth
Hal Daume III - NLPers
Paul Graham's essays
Peter Turney - Apperceptual
William Cohen - Cranial Darwinism
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Some academic blogs have a serious tone, and their authors think carefully about what they say. This blog, on the other hand, is often used as a medium in which to think aloud. Quality control is usually not my top priority here. Hence the name: "reckless intuitions". If you want to see more serious writing, check my publications.
"epistemic hygienist" is the label I found to describe (1) my strong urge to formalize arguments, (2) my reluctance to fill in the blanks in other people's ambiguous statements (something that most people seem to be quite happy to do) (3) and, of course, my concern for good methodology. (See [1] [2] [3])
Gustavo Lacerda
31 May 2008
edited 2 Jan 2009, 18 Jan 2009
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Here are some of my favorite reads (not including LJ)
Cosma Shalizi - Three-Toed Sloth
Hal Daume III - NLPers
Paul Graham's essays
Peter Turney - Apperceptual
William Cohen - Cranial Darwinism
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Browse my entries by subject-line, chronologically
Browse my entries by tag (Edit my tags) (I will organize these tags into groups later.)
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