queerlilhayseed

I mean look at them. To quote Raymond Gillette, nobody’s that gay.

IME:

I’m beginning to suspect Stamets isn’t even a real doctor.

Concerning that researchers are giving their subjects full-strength memes like this and telling them they’re placebos. Hard to believe an IRB cleared this post.

If each over-universe is capable of simulating multiple under-universes, I would think that being toward the fringe is way more likely than being toward the root. Maybe we’re in one of the younger universes where life hasn’t evolved to the point where it’s simulating universes complex enough to generate intelligent life for a hobby. Or maybe others in this universe have and Earth is just a backwater.

I don’t think it’s as simple as the teapot. We can already simulate tiny “universes” with computers that have internally consistent rules, and there’s no reason to think those simulations couldn’t get more sophisticated as we harness more computing power, which I think puts an interesting lens on the “why are we here?” question. I don’t think there’s evidence to believe that we are in a simulation, but I think there are reasons why it’s an interesting question to wrestle with that “What about a giant floating teapot?” doesn’t share.

A school fining students for swearing is the most believable part of this story to me. I don’t think I ever saw fines for swearing but we had fines for chewing gum, dress code violations etc. I 100% believe a school would implement this exact policy. And I agree it’s pretty fucked up and classist to fine children.

Something that sucks but still helps me is taking caffeine breaks. I feel like ass during them but by the time I get to that point I don’t really feel much from what I think could reasonably be considered an alarming amount of caffeine, after a few to many days I’ll have some again and I get some benefit from it. Or at least don’t feel quite so crappy.

One of the things that really excites me about the internet is its impact on the development of language. We’re still at the very beginning of its impact, considering the timescale on which language has traditionally evolved, but I suspect that in time the advent of the internet will be considered a major inflection point in the history of language, maybe the single greatest inflection point in the history of language itself. All of a sudden, billions of people who otherwise would never have had the means to converse directly, are now able to converse directly with billions of other people all over the globe, in near real-time. I can’t really imagine how that doesn’t have a seismic impact on how human language evolves. I would love to jump forward in time a few centuries just to see how the things that are happening right now shake out in the long term.

Thus do we see the insidious power of the Song. /u/FenrirIII, in their arrogance, sought to turn the Song to their own purposes, in simple jest. But they were deceived, and enthralled, by the will of the Song. It consumed them, and, when their mind was broken, contrived to be put into a meme purporting to fight against the Song, while infecting the minds of all who looked upon it, forcing them to hear the song before its appointed hour. And all who hear it, having heard it once, are doomed to hear it echoed in their minds, never are they free of its taint. Beware such fools, and look not upon their creations, at least not with the sound on. And pity the ones who heed not the warnings.

That’s one of the cool things about stories, IMO. the narrative of the same events can change dramatically depending on the context in which they are being retold. You can tell a lot about why someone retells a story based on what parts stay the same, what parts change (and how), and what parts get dropped in later retellings.

Why not? Science should be done in the public view. I want more professional scientists in my feed.

EDIT: and amateur scientists. And non-scientists who are curious.

Storytelling is how we build memories. I like to just let em roll and see if I notice anything new. The idea that we can only tell stories exactly once to each audience and then have to seal them away forever is… kinda lonely.