(April 21, 2018 at 1:09 pm)Hammy Wrote: I'm a bit like that lol. Except I'm fine with doing the thinking, and I love analysis, I am just only interested in reading about a few niche subjects
I'm kind of a social parasite too I guess. Well I think many would see me that way but I see it as everyone else leeching off me which is why I keep to myself a lot
Hammy, the difference is that you actually use your brain. You're a skeptic. You don't just immediately buy into whatever you encounter. You examine it, research it, think about it. You're a smart guy.
TD does none of those things by her(?) own admission. She(?) simply exists.
Like I said, no one knows everything about everything. There are topics I don't give a shit about (ironically, religion and philosophy... I find both so dreadfully boring). But, when encountering opposing views on them (or anything), I don't go "Durr, I don't know... you both sound right to me!" I, at the very least, engage in cursory investigation. I try to figure it out as best I can. I don't rely on others to do all the thinking for me.
She wants us to tell her the answer. And her confusion stems from her brain being turned off. We've already highlighted not only why certain things are right and wrong (to the best we can, given the nature of our scientific knowledge always expanding), but how to notice bad research, poorly generated results, and, ultimately, fallacious thinking. And, even with all that, she's still "Durr, I don't know, guys... those other people say you're wrong."
Until she turns her brain on and stops living almost entirely by animalistic impulse, she's never going to understand anything. And the great sadness is that she wants to be an artist. Well, good music isn't just an emotional exercise, it's also one of reason. Of being able to turn emotion and experience into a mathematical expression of tonality and volume. She doesn't seem to grasp how severely she's limiting herself in the one endeavor she claims to care about.
