I enjoy reading. But the only things I'm left with upon

>>9711955
Make sense of what is and isn't.

I prefer non-fiction and forget most of it

But it builds my world so to speak, the way I see things, and it might determine how I behave

>>9711999
How can you tell that it does?

Sometimes, I read a book and really like a character and want to behave like he does. But I can never keep up the act long enough.

But I think it has to do with the fact that I'm spineless loser more than anything.

>>9712016
>How can you tell that it does?
To be honest it has to do with very practical things mainly eating. Or ideas or the ways in which I visualize the world
>>9712016
>Sometimes, I read a book and really like a character and want to behave like he does. But I can never keep up the act long enough.
>But I think it has to do with the fact that I'm spineless loser more than anything.
I don't think you create personality that way, some of your personality you get at birth, the other part is life experience

I do think that sometimes beliefs can make you feel more reassured and help make you act, I find that non-fiction is bad in this way

After reading a bunch of non-fiction books I came to the conclusion that much is down to luck and genetics, and that free will most likely doesn't exist, not particulary good ideas to live by

I learned calculus, mechanics, organic chemistry and more in undergrad. A few years later and I have forgotten almost all of it because my job rarely uses it.

That's just how our minds work. The important part is improving your raw intellect through problem solving and building your worldview. Anybody can fill their mind with useless facts.