Ok, slightly unsure about this as there seems to be something about extropy shuting down, so this might be a bad time to make an introduction post, but anyway. Also after the introduction bit I would like some advice about what to study..<br> <br> Introduction bit:<br> <br> <span class="postcolor">I'm, currently at university in the UK studying on a maths degree. Due to being exposed to a lot of science early on, as well as reading serious S.F., I first realised about transhumanism several years ago, but assumed the technology would be a long time in the future. Also anyone I mentioned my thoughts about life extension to reacted hostility and I assumed no-one thought like me. Then while doing some research for the computing section of my degree I came across the singularity institute site, and realised that there are people who think like me, and also that the singularity is much closer then I thought. I folowed links and eventually ended up
here.<br><br>From my own egotistical point of view, being young I am less worried about life extiention and cryonics then I am about the singularity, which will (hopefully) happen before I get old. I think the risks of an unfreindly singularity are best avoided by getting there first, and by not giving AIs equal rights as humans/posthumans. And then there is the problem of what exactly consionusness is, and to cap it all the bioconservatives want us dead..... <br><br>I think I am immune to future shock by now. I want to live forever, or at least a mind-bogglingly long time. I also want to be uploaded, but it is important to do this in a way that ensures that it is you that is uploaded, not just a copy.<br><br>Once I finish my degree I want to get involved in recearch in some transhumanist field, but I'm not sure what... any advice will be appreacated. I am taking this seriously. I want to get invoved and I am prepared to devote time to whatever will help the
singularity.<br><br>What else is there to say? Philosophically I am a weak athist and libertarian. I take omega 3 and eat a healthy diet, but it's frustrating being healthy while at uni when your friends drink and smoke and take 'shrooms...<br><br>I can't wait for the future. <!--emo&[lol]--><img src="http://www.imminst.org/forum/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif" style="vertical-align: middle;" alt="biggrin.gif" border="0"><!--endemo--> <br><br>"Say goodbye to gravity and say goodbye to death, Hello to eternity and live for every breath....."<br> <br> <br> Advice bit:<br> <br> I am currently worried that my maths course has little relivence to real life in any way. I am doing some computing, but it is getting frustrating the ammount of time I have to spend debugging stuff.<br> <br> So what should I specialise in? Is there any point in pure maths? Does knowing about Riemann intergration help with anything?<br> <br> I would like to do somthing that would help
towards transhumanism/ singulartarianism in the future.<br> <br> Options I have:<br> <br> Pure maths like group theory, Galois theory etc<br> <br> </span><span class="postcolor">Pure maths like </span><span class="postcolor">Riemann intergration</span><span class="postcolor"> etc, all of which seems too rigorous to me<br> <br> Applied maths<br> <br> Physics- quantum mechanics, thermodynamics<br> <br> Computing - formal logic, computer algebra<br> <br> </span><span class="postcolor">Computing - actually coding stuff (very annoying)<br> <br> Any advice ASAP would be very much appreciated. :-)<br> </span><span class="postcolor"><br> <br> </span><p>
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