I’m struggling to appreciate living things
Has Tim Urban's dystopian AI future already been realised?
Autism makes for strange holidays
It's the end of the year again. Everyone's meeting up with their families, and I'm no exception. As important as it is to be interested in and interact with people,…
Bad Online Writing Styles 2
Introduction Here's a couple more; I'm considering changing the title of this series as it feels inaccurate to call them writing styles, but we'll see. The path of least resistance…
It’s May!
Some updates I've temporarily disabled the emails on the contact page as they cost too much money relative to their usage (it's around $5 going down the drain every month).…
Accidentally thinking
Accidentally reinventing the wheel It's not necessarily superfluous to come up with an idea that's already been had in the past. If anything, one would be in the best position…
This is why Twitter was invented
On artificial intelligence and rationality Artificial intelligence—especially superintelligent forms in fiction—is often reputed for its rationality and objectivity, especially in contrast with the ostensibly irrational and impulsive decisions of the…
Not reading enough
A reflection of my desire to read more that slowly devolves into trying to improve the education system.
A Cynical Take on Contemporary Isekai Anime
Introduction A conflicted diatribe against NEETs. Motivation People write with agendas; no writing is ever without at least some bias. People twist and distort facts; underemphasise some and overemphasise others;…
Something Deeply Hidden
A book by Sean M. Carroll and how it's rekindled my interest in physics This book took longer than I expected to finish. It went quite quickly at first, going…
Evidence
It doesn't matter what I think All of us like to believe that we're good at certain things and that others are bad at certain things, but without evidence, how…