Computational Psychonarratologist (I like stories), digital humanities, software engineer & researcher at BYU. Personal account. @CNarratology @Endless_Webdev
@bbfamily14 Feeling somewhat related to me, a recent BYU Devotional said "The opposite of faith isn't doubt; it's certainty". I think many people who vilify doubt are embracers of certainty.
@ericajaneo Whoa. Listening to it now -- this isn't Andrew Lloyd Weber! I thought she was going to be contrasting Donny Osmond, but this was much more danceable and mother-loving!
connection. Plus someone being brought back to life and made unwillingly super by an evil arms dealer and fighting Superman. Oh, and parenting boundaries, re: when to allow your teenager to deal with international disasters.
It is amazing how much better (worlds apart, really) is the writing and emotional connection between CW's #SupermanAndLois and season 8 of #Flash. S3E1 of SaL showed several scenes of spousal connection, and people (teenage, divorce, grandparent/grandchild) dealing seeking
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Advice to a daughter from pioneering philosopher and feminism founding mother Mary Wollstonecraft (mother of Mary Shelley), born on this day in 1759 https://t.co/iBt5bsaick
https://t.co/Q82GU0cefM
Thoughts from me when I was in Grad School about Gaboon vipers and respecting spiritual danger https://t.co/EFFdGQxlME
#HiddenDanger#Awareness#PersonalStudies
All this talk about #AI, making more present discussion of consciousness uploading and questions of redefining posterity and contribution to the world, this thought of AI as the next life form we deal with poses some interesting questions for #religion#salvation (1/2)
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You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
- Dale Carnegie
So true here on the #Fediverse. Solid advice for those starting out here. (1/2)
https://t.co/QnOlUrklw2
A classic missionary scripture. In what sense are the proclaimers (Missionaries? Prophets? Teachers?) responsible for the blood of others? #Scripture#PersonalStudies#responsibility#BookOfMormon
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I'm generally a believer in the ethics and moral virtue of #OpenSource#Information. But conversation on #AI has illuminated that while Heaven may have open information, Humanity has enough evil in it that open source might not be universally (1/2)
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The opposite of “return to office” advocates isn’t “work from home” advocates. It’s a rich tapestry of “open offices are distracting” people and “I’ve never gone this long without being sick” people and “commutes are a waste of time I don’t get (1/3)
paid for” people and “I’m an introvert and playing house with coworkers sucks the life out of me” people and “I have a family and appreciate the flexibility” people and “I primarily communicated with coworkers through Slack anyway” people and “no one (2/3)