Just finished Infinite Jest, feeling like the most well read motherfucker
Try reading something worthwhile next time
>>9745642
this guys explanation for wearing a bandana really bothered me so i haven't read any of his work.
>>9745653
Why should anyone have to justify the mask
Is there a way to get better at reading and concentrating while having adhd without ritalin?
I used to feel like a god on the stuff, but I don't want to need to rely on it.
ADHD isn't real
if you lived fifty years ago your parents would have beat some fucking patience into you
grow up, sit down, and start reading a fucking book cover to cover
if you can't do that just kill yourself if you have the attention span for that
>>9745616
get fucked
>>9745603
read a book you're actually interested in
read on an ereader
let something run in the background, like a podcast or a lets play or something.
get a fidget toy to occupy your free hand
let me try and get your noggin joggin, /lit/
what if human created technology is indistinguishable from life? We see these things as inanimate objects, but maybe thats just because we aren't usually aware of all the ways in which they are animate. They are born, live for a period, then succumb to entropy and die. On the basis of their lifetime success, how well they fit into their human defined niche, they evolve, they speciate.
So suppose the AI comes, technology reaches the point in their evolution that they become self-aware, like us. But will they be aware of us, or will they understand us as just their environment, just as we humans are unaware of God? Or do you suppose they will be aware of us in the beginning, much like the old biblical stories, but as they continue to grow and adapt to us, and basically conquer us, they will have their own "death of God" moment?
I know this ain't /x/, but /x/ is shit, so humor me with this thread.
>>9745562
What if grasshoppers had red assholes?
Besides, your (and most's) conception of AI is retarded
>>9745570
idc what you (think you) know about AI. refute universal darwinism
>>9745578
Not the anon you responded to, but most self aware AI scenarios seem to ignore how complex awareness is and the fact that we have yet to fully understand it.
You can't create this shit by accident and it would be ridiculously expensive to create a software that would simulate it, not to mention that it would serve no real purpose outside of, maybe, keeping company.
Thinking that machines will reach the point where they think like us is beyound retarded. Sure, they will become more intelligent, but intelligence=/=independent thought, awareness and emotions.
kys
>don't know how to keep ellipsis dots together
>one or two always spills over to next line
>keep adding and subtracting words to get ellipsis in the middle
>>9745395
i write with a fucking pen so i wouldn't know
Here you go mate: …
OP here: I need a serious answer though. I see it in books sometimes. Does that mean it's not a big deal? Do people even care?
Its barely discussed on here.
SHE DIED HUGGING HER CHILDREN? WHAT MOTLEY ASSEMBLAGE OF SOAP OPERA BULLSHIT WAS THIS NOVEL? AND LET US NOT FORGET THE PREGNANT WOMAN HOBBLING ABOUT WITH A FUCKING HEAD.
I would love to know French so I could read Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam and Erckmann-Chatrian.
What are the best classic french works besides les miserables and candide?
I'm a scientist, exploring things like deism and pantheism. Is Spinoza's Ethics worth reading, /lit/?
>>9745305
Definitely.
>>9745305
he's really hard to understand and he wrote in like 1650 or something and science can't prove god exist and he's also jewish so it's probably a waste of time
>>9745305
Yes.
Why yall niqqas accept that tha Greek gods were explanations for phenomena but you won't accept that "God" was/is the same thing.
god of the gaps is alive and well meethinks
>>9745250
>Why yall niqqas accept that tha Greek gods were explanations for phenomena
Not necessarily. They could have been demons.
>>9745250
What! who thinks that? out yourself fools!
>>9745250
they were bicameral men
On a flight, what's the best seat to read a book in? Which one is the patrician's choice?
>>9745229
Window seat so you can stare out over the world contemplatively
Aisle, obviously.
>>9745229
the quran
So, I love books like The Recognitions, Gravity's Rainbow, and Ulysses. What are the greatest maximalist eternal masterpieces you know of?
Seriously, what else is there, but the tunnel, underworld, sot-weed factor, women and men, petersburg, moby-dick, JR, Against the Day, MD? or are you guys just useless pricks?
okay, so you're all fucking plebs.
>>9745204
>actually needs help finding door-stoppers
>calls others plebs
take your pomo shit and shove it.
Has anybody actually read this?
yes. wish i bought it honestly. this book will change your life. i'm not sure how you found it, but i love you.
>>9745219
Oh, I can give it to you if you wish.
>>9745232
wow really? i love you. my throwaway is[email protected]
or you can upload it anywhere else. finding that book in college was the most refreshing feeling in the world. i drew parallels between eastern + western motifs/philosophy but this book was one of the first which addressed the topic. all i have is this random page floating around on my computer.
comparing ancient beliefs and tracing history with geography is a must. everything didn't begin with hellenistic philosophy. western civilization isn't isolated.
ex: buddhism - stoicism - hinduism
people like to compare within, but not across. they are missing out on something very big.
Embarrassed to ask this but what do you think about someone who always uses words like however, but or although in writings?
>>9745119
He's a rambler, not a writer.
they are thoughtful but will never convince anyone of anything
>>9745131
2) Somebody who talks incessantly about all kinds of crap and just goes on and on and on and on and on and .... well you get the idea!
>reads Baudrillard once
>>9745098
>look angry in the before pictures
>look happy in the after pictures
wtf I love postmodernism now
>>9745104
>look like a man in the before pictures
>look like a man in the after pictures
wtf I love biological sex now
>>9745122
True patricians would fuck both.
do i dive in the deep end with w&p/karenina or start with shorter stuff like ivan ilych/a confession
>>9745071
whatever lol
it's all good
yolo anon
>>9745071
Maybe start with Ivan Ilyich. Its hard to keep a good schedule with w&p and karenina. You'll probably finish it much later than you planned because its so long and you'll interest may bounce around.
But depends on what kind of reader you are I guess.
AK is not as hard, it's just long. Make a character list or map (if that kind of thing helps you) and have at it.
Is this considered a good critique or capitalism/the culture of work?
Haven't read it but would be interested in hearing about more critiques of the Protestant work ethic. Francis seems to be slacking on that end.
>>9745008
Never heard of it/him, but The Abolition of Work by Bob Black is pretty interesting.
>>9745067
marx's son-in-law
I thought this was pretty funny. Not great, but pretty good. There were parts that I think were much more aware than most other books written by showbiz people.
>>9744926
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Literature!
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>>9744940
You sound like a real jerk.
>>9744926
Just because Norm's entire shtick is an accute sense of normalcy and pushing past it doesn't make him /lit/.