#Maxims and Reflections

[philosophybits]

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then criticism will gradually yield to him.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Maxims and Reflections

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[quotessentially]

From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Maxims and Reflections

[unopenablebox]

also, like, just for everyone's reference, that "ai effects on brain engagement with writing" paper is from the MIT media lab specifically, a bizarre department composed of a mix of different labs from different fields which ostensibly are meant to allow for unusual crossdisciplinary or otherwise out-of-the-box research, and in fact are mostly very self-consciously designed to a very specific vision of what "out of the box" means that hit a small set of very trendy research topics. often they do very hype-conscious slightly fluffy conceptual work about popular topics (AI, robotics, consciousness, human-tech interactions, etc) that get very widely promoted in order to encourage funding by the kind of individual philanthropist who's really into that kind of thing.

those labs do sometimes produce good research, but it's very conspicuous that they're not actually situated in a research department where they would be surrounded by their actual peers in the discipline and receive feedback and supervision by other experts. like, it's not that any given work from that department is definitely suspect in its methods or anything. it's just that, if your main interest was in doing good neuroscience, there is a whole MIT neuroscience department already, and the choice to instead be in the flashy self-promotion department and frame all your questions in the flashy self-promotion framing is. at least kind of notable.

[justablah56]

omg I just remembered there is pretty shiny maxim in my drawing tablet woaw ,,,

[just-absolutely-super]

i do like this arc they're giving Cheetor that reflects him growing up

in my mind, he's the equivalent to 16 when the series starts, and even though they refer to his transmetal II form as "puberty" i like to think of it more as him turning 18 and entering adulthood

[freakinator]

i need to work on my dbl au soon cause as much as i like to personify the server and its events at the end of the day that shits not on purpose lmao and as much as i love that its not on purpose i wanna explore a plot where it actually is on purpose

[philosophybits]

Men who think deeply appear as comedians when they traffic with others, because in order to be understood they always have first to simulate a surface.

Friedrich Nietzsche, Assorted Opinions and Maxims, 232

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[quotessentially]

From Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Maxims and Reflections

[jennyfair7]

Tag nine (9) people you'd like to know better

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[omicronsurvivor]

New random head cannon: if someone non hostile helps Depth Charge get rid of barnacles off his beast mode kibble.... He'll start to like you.

If he trusts someone smaller the mech is willing to listen armor to help clean inside as his frame can completely flood safely.

[paginacentosessantuno]

it's that time of the year again (thinking about matthias et maxime again)

[michellesanches]

Book Summary - "Feel Good Productivity" by Ali Abdaal

I loved this book! I’m generally a fan of Ali’s in any event. His YouTube Channel offers insightful and helpful guidance without being pushy or preachy. His book, “Feel Good Productivity” redefines the approach to productivity, advocating for FUN being part of the balance equation between efficiency and personal well-being. In the book, Abdaal proposes that true productivity comes from making…

[musical-chick-13]

I know the point of "Don't have your characters use therapy-speak" is "Don't put dialogue in your story that makes things seem stilted/breaks immersion for the purpose of proving that This Isn't Actually An Unhealthy Situation, I Promise Guys," but nonetheless it is starting to give me a complex over writing these characters like. Communicating. Just at all.

[spinning-feeling]

A certain Narrator told me to slay a princess

Even though i feel for the Narrator and his fear of death, seeing as i share that fear with him, i kindly told him to fuck off and took the princess with me

Im sure the long quiet and the shifting mound wont notice a little existential duplication... Right?