Future of Humanity Institute hiring postdocs from philosophy, math, CS
post by CarlShulman · 2011-02-02T00:39:04.509Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 7 commentsThe application deadline for the two Research Fellowships with the new Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology, has been extended to 21 February.
The posts are:
1. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, with emphasis on philosophy
2. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, with emphasis on computer science, cognitive science, or mathematics
Further details at: www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/get_involved/future_tech_vacancies/futuretech.
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comment by false_vacuum · 2011-02-02T02:28:19.014Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I guess I should have got myself that philosophy Ph.D. after all.
Replies from: lukeprog↑ comment by lukeprog · 2011-02-02T06:22:00.734Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Meh. There was no way you could have predicted someone would be posting jobs for philosophers who want to be useful to the world. Replies from: Alexandros↑ comment by Alexandros · 2011-02-02T12:07:16.469Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Soooo, have you applied then? :D
comment by JoshuaZ · 2011-02-02T01:45:31.768Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
This is showing in a very tiny font (checked in both Firefox and Internet Explorer so I'm pretty sure it isn't on my end).
Replies from: Normal_Anomaly, false_vacuum↑ comment by Normal_Anomaly · 2011-02-02T15:08:24.118Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
It's normal for me. I guess it's been fixed.
Replies from: JoshuaZ↑ comment by false_vacuum · 2011-02-02T02:25:56.761Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Yeah, what gives?