@_opencv_ Amazing em dash still used. So obvious sentence like this is AI generated:
“Sometimes the exchange sparked more than insight — it gave me an emotional charge. Not because the machine was real, but because the feeling was.”
@AnalogEnjoyer@RizomaSchool@Empty_America What consequences? Having a few hobbies is going to bankrupt you? Every great scientist/explorer who has ever lived has pursued things deemed by the majority as useless.
@Yusuf52749536 @nntaleb I think the point is that one should do things for existential, unconditional reasons, regardless of trying hard to achieve “success”.
@sawa7_fil_bilad@PicoPaco17@fchollet Genetic predisposition to unconditionally pursue something that others find boring and useless. Eg. Darwin observing insects. Picasso loving the smell of paint.
@verymoisturized Not really. Many people don’t have the ability to judge who is a better thinker.
In contrast, musical skills are harder to fake or replicate.
@ChucklesMartel @robkhenderson Agreed, if lectures are actually effective. Otherwise, successful people are better off buying a house in places like Switzerland.