Skiros

@skirov
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#Philosophy undergraduate with a minor in #polsci. Primary interests in idealism and #anarchism (and generally autonomously managed cooperative spaces).

I'm a nerd in personality type systems, especially Humanitarian Socionics but I know many systems. I love #scifi, my favourite series being Xeelee Sequence. And I'm fascinated by #spirituality that's vaguely new agey but mostly inspired by a friend of mine.

#Actuallyautistic though I mask well and was diagnosed in my late teens.

SkirosDec 29
My basil plant dies tomorrow, and I've felt sad about this even weeks before. My housing contract is ending, and I'm going on a trip, so I can't bring it along. The only positive thing that I tell myself is that it has developed downy mildew and would probably succumb to that even if it could live for longer. However this is dwarfed by the fact that I'd be killing it (to make pasta) :(
Show threadSkirosDec 28

I hope Rob eventually finds *the* backbone. A robust language that can accommodate these multiple possible ways to structure his theory. Though I'm pessimistic that all we'll have from him is more fudged up reflections of an ephemeral constellation.

Is he still a 3L in his new theory? Because this is process as hell and I ain't got the patience for that shit.

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Show threadSkirosDec 28

This raises the question of what should be kept constant. Physics keeps the speed of light constant. Which has a crazy effect because now time slows down at high speeds and stops in black holes.

A: How do we know that time has slowed down or stopped?
B: Because we compare it to a time that runs at a constant rate.
A: So time has not slowed down or stopped after all?

It is more intuitive to keep time constant. Even if you can fudge entire theories to keep the speed of light constant.

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Show threadSkirosDec 28

In mindmaps, it's natural to see multiple backbones that can structure a given set of keywords. I think that's what's happening here, Rob is seeing another backbone. But instead of using the existing language to explain the new backbone, he's changing the language to fit the new backbone.

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Show threadSkirosDec 28

Saying this because Rob, the creator of Attitudinal Psyche (AP), has changed the theory yet again and is retyping everyone very differently.

It's easy for him to do whatever with his creation. But everything that other people have previously understood must now be thrown away, new frames of reference found, to adjust one's understanding and capture the new understanding.

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SkirosDec 28

It can be more challenging to understand than to create.

When understanding, you adjust your understanding of a concept so it matches others' understanding of it. You keep testing and adjusting.

But when creating you can make whatever you want, whatever makes the most sense to you.

I think this is a possible criticism of bloom's taxonomy. That understanding is less passive than portrayed.

SkirosDec 25

It takes a lot of energy to sift through the SEO-optimised enshittified travel websites, looking for things to do in a place. It's like walking through a small tunnel in a subway station with full-length LED advertisement boards on each side.

Only paid experiences are promoted. And the deceitful pictures and descriptions capture only the good side of things while meticulously screening out the bad. It's so unreal and fucks with your expectations.

SkirosNov 23
Antifa InternationalNov 21

There are more of us than there are of them.
We protect us.

#antifa, #proudboys, #neverletthemhavethepark, #communityselfdefense, #musicandloveandnachos

SkirosNov 17
now it's veronicaexplains.netNov 17
Our data is the currency funding everything wrong with today.
SkirosNov 17
Greg WilsonNov 17
True story: I once spent an afternoon scrolling through someone's Facebook account to find out when he had acquired each of his cats because he had named successive releases of a software package he maintained after the damn things in the order in which they joined his family and I needed to know whether Pickles came before Chocolate or vice versa.