FHI postdoc at Oxford

post by Eliezer Yudkowsky (Eliezer_Yudkowsky) · 2009-09-08T18:18:43.157Z · LW · GW · Legacy · 3 comments

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The Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford is looking to fill a postdoctoral research fellowship in interdisciplinary science or philosophy.  Current work areas include global catastrophic risks, probabilistic methodology and applied epistemology and rationality, impacts of future technologies, and ethical issues related to human enhancement.  Apply by Oct 14.

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comment by [deleted] · 2009-09-09T13:15:38.833Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Yeah, um, can you guys wait five years?

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comment by eirenicon · 2009-09-09T14:01:15.716Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Sure, the Future of Humanity Institute can just put things on the back burner for a while. Global catastrophe risks aren't that important ;)

comment by thomblake · 2009-09-08T19:49:23.280Z · LW(p) · GW(p)

Very sad that I won't have my PhD by then. Hopefully there will be another comparable position in a year or twain.