Well... I would say that it was one part not knowing what to expect - was I just going to mingle in this house full of extremely bright people for a few hours? I wasn't sure I was going to know what to do with myself.
It was one part doubt about my own.. uh.. qualifications for being there. I haven't commented much on my main account, nor made a submission (I hope you'll forgive me for using a throwaway account for these comments). I'm a college senior whose done well in every class (from lit. to programming to organic chem. to math), but I don't yet have a passion, nor area of... (read more)
Heh. I once drove ~45 minutes to a Less Wrong meetup in Santa Clara, made a U-turn at the end of the block the house was on and drove straight back home.
Well... I would say that it was one part not knowing what to expect - was I just going to mingle in this house full of extremely bright people for a few hours? I wasn't sure I was going to know what to do with myself.
It was one part doubt about my own.. uh.. qualifications for being there. I haven't commented much on my main account, nor made a submission (I hope you'll forgive me for using a throwaway account for these comments). I'm a college senior whose done well in every class (from lit. to programming to organic chem. to math), but I don't yet have a passion, nor area of... (read more)