(August 26, 2017 at 2:58 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Not really, I hoovered up literature like Botany after I'd already dived in out of economic necessity (during the great recession..when I was suddenly jobless and broke) and a long-standing affinity/fetish for all things that grow and flower, lol. When I was a kid, my dad made our lives great by convincing tampa bay to plant royal palms and bromeliads -everywhere-. They both die...with regularity, in the iffy clime of the bay. Return business ftw.
So did your dad have a nursery growing these plants? Pretty cool. I've come to adore plants but never got into them early on. My first obsession was animals. Living in San Diego and visiting the zoo as a kid I read everything our local library had on animals and their behavior. Of course you can't keep exotic critters in your backyard while you can grow any plant from anywhere in the world whose needs you can satisfy - and where I live you can access almost anything.
(August 26, 2017 at 2:58 pm)Khemikal Wrote: What got me launched on the topic of comp was my 2nd stepdad getting me a job in rapid PCB prototyping. I had to learn how they worked. What got me interested in theories of mind was when...after both of the above, I lost mine...temporarily. Anomalous or counterintuitive memories of the event haunt me, I guess. What drew it all together...though, over the years.....
These boards. GG AF.
So I wonder if you feel like you got back the same mind you started with or if you traded up? Seems like a pretty nimble model you got there now. Went through a one time depression which turned out to be transformative in some ways. Before and after feel a bit discontinuous. I like this side better.
