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Alice said:

Almost everything has been marketized and transformed into digital capital, even socialization. Facebook is a market for friendship, Instagram and Twitter are markets for influence, and Tinder is a market for sex and romance.

This makes me feel so old, because I do not understand these things at all. I can not imagine having found a partner on tinder. I met my wife by chance in a restaurant, where she asked if I could help her with recordings for her linguistics project, in return for dinner. It was magical.

Alice said:

When I too had a similar experience, I became very motivated, that was truly where my journey into Mathematics and Physics began. I would assume the reason I chose this path is because it’s a way for me to tangibly grapple with the complexity of reality, in this sense it is a form of coping. [...] I’m a mathematician by trade, I work in Optimization at a university, but a lot of my time is spent thinking about condensed matter physics (as it relates to superconductivity), gravito-electromagnetism, and counter-space.

I remember, you told me. It's interesting to see people like you. A lot of people seem to just "click" at some point in their lives. Are you still crazy, or have you settled down to being ordinary now?

I have this one regret with regards to science. Especially young people are stuck working on menial labour and dead-ends, and continue to be stuck because they have this need for someone else to give them permission to go explore. They chose math and physics because they wanted to explore and not be stuck in this corporate rabbithole, but then they end up stuck there anyway because they're afraid (rightfully so) that doing otherwise won't lead to a stable job or that they're inadequate. I'm trying to fix that.

Legga said: 

The reason people generally dislike superficiality is because most people have an innate need to belong. Luna kept quoting this happiness study, which I looked up, where they found that people with close friends are happier (surprise). Most people can not form close relationships with people they consider "fake." Not that there's anything inherently wrong with being fake, but I can understand why people dislike it.

I think the word "superficial" is more apt in this context. Buddha and Jesus were just as fake as the influencer "role models" of today, but they were (arguably) less superficial in their message.

Legga said: 

Alice said:

When I too had a similar experience, I became very motivated, that was truly where my journey into Mathematics and Physics began. I would assume the reason I chose this path is because it’s a way for me to tangibly grapple with the complexity of reality, in this sense it is a form of coping. [...] I’m a mathematician by trade, I work in Optimization at a university, but a lot of my time is spent thinking about condensed matter physics (as it relates to superconductivity), gravito-electromagnetism, and counter-space.

I remember, you told me. It's interesting to see people like you. A lot of people seem to just "click" at some point in their lives. Are you still crazy, or have you settled down to being ordinary now?

I'm really just shore because it's hard for me to distinguish between ordinary and crazy. Perhaps asking Peach would be fruitful because I think she can distinguish the two and knows me very well. 

I have this one regret with regards to science. Especially young people are stuck working on menial labour and dead-ends, and continue to be stuck because they have this need for someone else to give them permission to go explore. They chose math and physics because they wanted to explore and not be stuck in this corporate rabbithole, but then they end up stuck there anyway because they're afraid (rightfully so) that doing otherwise won't lead to a stable job or that they're inadequate. I'm trying to fix that.

 I'm with you 100% here and I too am trying to fix it. 

AliceInWonderland said:

it's hard for me to distinguish between ordinary and crazy.

The more you dig into this concept in general, the less that ordinary appears to exist and the more that crazy appears to be everywhere. Crazy comes from somewhere, and "ordinary" is a template norm that people are collectively trying to live up to as opposed to naturally exhibiting. It's only the truest of laymen that push for it being so binary. 

Words like "Normal" are just as damaging as words like "Happiness". 

Inquirer said: 

Legga said: 

The reason people generally dislike superficiality is because [...]

I think the word "superficial" is more apt in this context. Buddha and Jesus were just as fake as the influencer "role models" of today, but they were (arguably) less superficial in their message.

Sure, I used it as a synonym there. I do not consider Jesus to be fake at all, though.

AliceInWonderland said: 

I'm really just shore because it's hard for me to distinguish between ordinary and crazy. Perhaps asking Peach would be fruitful because I think she can distinguish the two and knows me very well.

@PalePeach : is AliceInWonderland ordinary or crazy?

Turncoat said: 

AliceInWonderland said:

it's hard for me to distinguish between ordinary and crazy.

The more you dig into this concept in general, the less that ordinary appears to exist and the more that crazy appears to be everywhere.

I suppose that's true. Everyone has their own definition. For me, it's the 3-sigma deviation. People like that Jim. The people who refuse peer pressure, routine, and common sense. But I'm biased and maybe there's a more specific word for that.

Legga said: 

Sure, I used it as a synonym there. I do not consider Jesus to be fake at all, though.

I meant to say they're not quite synonyms though. Jesus (or the myth of him) has obvious fake/untrue claims attributed to him, such as coming back from the dead. Is that what you believe to be true or are you talking about a different kind of fake?

Legga said: 

@PalePeach : is AliceInWonderland ordinary or crazy?

 She's kinda crazy, but a good crazy. Like she only leaves the house once or twice a month and she bought 60lbs of dried food to prepare for if Corona hits the US. I dont see any signs of worrying level crazy at least.  She doesnt have wild hallucinations of grandure, and thankfully she doesnt believe bleach is a miracle cure-all and the FDA doesnt want us to find out, like some wack-jobs I met last week.

PalePeach said: 

Legga said: 

@PalePeach : is AliceInWonderland ordinary or crazy?

 She's kinda crazy, but a good crazy. Like she only leaves the house once or twice a month and she bought 60lbs of dried food to prepare for if Corona hits the US. I dont see any signs of worrying level crazy at least.  She doesnt have wild hallucinations of grandure, and thankfully she doesnt believe bleach is a miracle cure-all and the FDA doesnt want us to find out, like some wack-jobs I met last week.

 LMAO that was for you while she finds a cute new girlfriend with a pretty face to eat the pussy of. you can't leave your dog home alone with no food..

Inquirer said: 

Legga said: 

Sure, I used it as a synonym there. I do not consider Jesus to be fake at all, though.

I meant to say they're not quite synonyms though. Jesus (or the myth of him) has obvious fake/untrue claims attributed to him, such as coming back from the dead. Is that what you believe to be true or are you talking about a different kind of fake?

Some of it could be less fabled and closer to an exaggerated misunderstood phenomenon, if not us responding poorly to a choice of translation. 

I'd read somewhere that the whole "Jesus walked on water" thing could be that "Jesus walked by water" from the word for by/on being the same in it's root language. There's no telling how many other leaps may have been taken in the texts. 

PalePeach said: 

Legga said: 

@PalePeach : is AliceInWonderland ordinary or crazy?

 She's kinda crazy, but a good crazy. Like she only leaves the house once or twice a month and she bought 60lbs of dried food to prepare for if Corona hits the US. I dont see any signs of worrying level crazy at least.  She doesnt have wild hallucinations of grandure, and thankfully she doesnt believe bleach is a miracle cure-all and the FDA doesnt want us to find out, like some wack-jobs I met last week.

LOL Corona virus. Doesn't that have something like less than one percent fatality? How is dried food going to help?

Yeah she's nuts. I can see why you like her.

It's good that you mentioned that other type of crazy. The one who comes to your house with a knife to see if you've talked to the man in the hat. I can't figure out if SpatialMind is like that. He's become so boring and ordinary now.

Inquirer said: 

I meant to say they're not quite synonyms though. Jesus (or the myth of him) has obvious fake/untrue claims attributed to him, such as coming back from the dead. Is that what you believe to be true or are you talking about a different kind of fake?

What I believe to be true? I am Christian. Not going to spend another month debating about nonsense again.