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I think programming is super cool (being a Comp Sci major) but never expect it to be easy money. Experienced programmers do make a good living but the reason is that the job takes a lot of knowledge. It takes time to develop that. But I think you're on the right track checking it out to...

Nah I am content with my decision.

I considered not going back to my current second year of college because of this frustrating process of learning through rote. So I spent the summer considering the alternative possibility of teaching myself the same information through the intertubes to allow me to put more time and depth into...

Such bullshit. Even if type indicates something unchanging, we cannot see the unchanging part and there is no way to either confirm or deny its existence. Your type means nothing more than your answers to the test.

I always verbally elaborate to myself very deeply on anything I learn, yes. I think it's to an extreme. It allows me to relate it back to other paths of understanding and remember it well. A bit of a tangent, but what's funny is that it can hurt as well. This need to connect ideas could be...

Ah yes. I explain to my mother homeopathic treatments match placebos in trials and the concepts behind it are seriously unsubstantiated, but it doesn't matter to her... "X told me and she's really smart". "If it's so stupid why is it so popular in Europe?". "Who do you think is doing the...

It's been something recent in the last few months that as it nears bed time sometimes my mind starts going off on tangents that carry into my sleep. Maybe? It's hard to tell. Sometimes I'll get into bed still thinking about things and it gets a bit more vivid and eventually I notice sleep...

Yo I only want to win an arguments on the internet, I never said I wanted to be a genius.

My god it's the perfect INTP troll thread. Loners that can't let go of the threat of being intellectually mediocre write pages fighting to hold on to the only thing society congratulates them for. HAH. Nobody's safe from bias.

Firstly I completely agree that the term genius is vague. I don't take this description of the mind seriously, that's why I'm personally sticking to "outstanding impact" as the criterion for genius. You could instead use some measure of ability or intelligence, but why would you do that if you...

Do I find flaws in myself? All the time but I do my best to constantly improve. I'm not concerned with which MBTI classification I fall into when it comes to this.

Bias will keep anyone in this thread from making an accurate judgement about themselves. It seems rare to be agreeably considered a genius. It's usually reserved for people who have made some outstanding impact, being a little clever isn't enough. It's a handy classification for society as a...

Oh god I have something for this thread. One day in my preschool years I somehow got a hold of a red clown nose and it all went downhill from there. I put it on and demanded I be called Rudolf. I really meant it too. If I was called Trevor by anyone I would start bawling "NO I'M RUDOLF!"...

I know right? I was exploring the difference between visual and auditory thought last night. I decided visuals are awesome. I ask you this: What are the building blocks of the word "potato"? Just some weird noises. Po tay to. Doesn't seem to hold much meaning in itself. What are the...

Good point. Firstly I am assuming the division between the two "worlds" is how readily expressible the thought is. For some (yourself?) this division may coincide with the division between visual and verbal thought, allowing you to clearly distinguish between the two worlds. In my world both...

My "inner world" is a deep understanding of the world around me through words, that takes time to navigate. I use the visual medium as an extension of it that I only apply to specific problems, rarely does it come up with anything clever or new. Which makes this Very interesting to read.

My post is what I think about ancient alien theories- I shouldn't have written it as if it were directed at you. I see. I think the problem with it is that all that is known is that there are unexplained depictions of what looks like technology. From that we could make some uncertain guesses...

I am understanding confidence as a feeling of well being in context of some thought. Here is how I expect it works out. You should be confident in a thought if it's one you want to do or keep. You should be unconfident in a thought if you want it thrown out. You should increase confidence in...

Could you rephrase?

For sure. Whether I solve in preparation (J) or in realtime (P) seems so circumstantial that my overall tendency seems like a strange classification. But perhaps I am not knowledgeable enough about MBTI to really understand it (I find it hard to read in depth as their reasoning is unclear to...

Science has success because it values getting information directly from the source. If an idea doesn't line up with the source of information perfectly it is BS. This makes it really hard to mess up interpreting reality. So I ask where is your source indicating ancient aliens are the reason...

I experienced the feeling of lack of clarity in thought all throughout high school. I didn't take note of it at the time but I was extremely stressed and sleep deprived. I only noticed how much it mattered once I started getting better sleep and learning how to stay calm (breathing...

Also kind of like poker EV! Also it's as if the brain already learns through similar terms. When a thought feels good it is reinforced. Through that thoughts that coincide with winning become more prevalent, leading us to do the right things. This makes sense. If you have some money you...

In The Mind's Eye - Thomas G. West I found it randomly at a book sale hoping to alleviate my boredom on a vacation. It's an old old book to be learning anything about the mind from, but it doesn't matter because most of what it does is describe people in plain language. It talks a lot about...

Brain stuff: I really don't know shit about psychology or neuroscience. I just like introspecting and getting whatever knowledge I can about the nature of the mind. It's involved with everything. Computer stuff: Constantly finding better ways to do things and look at things is fun and...

Reading this thread is entertaining. Between me and my sister she knows the lyrics to all the songs she hears, I can hum the sound of the instruments, and we're both horrible at the other task. So although I can't relate well to the misinterpretation of lyrics, it's perfectly analogous to how...

Thought of the day: Causation isn't so special. It's just an important sounding way of saying we perceive a 100% correlation between two occurrences over time. If you were to look at time in reverse our perception of the world would be dramatically different. A ripple in a lake could cause...

In some cases I've been a help to the class in others not so much. My high school Enviro Science teacher thought I was awesome because I brought some sort of dialogue into the classroom. That same inquisitive nature made my Ethics professor pretty frustrated. He kept insisting utilitarianism...

This sums it up for me. Even a simple phone call can keep me occupied pacing back and forth 15 minutes trying to figure out what to say. And it's not simply meaningless anxiety- the chemicals are there because I have no idea what I'm supposed to do. It leaves me making really stupid decisions...

I think I mixed you up a little by using both the word static and hardcoded as the same thing. You still got what I meant but let me clarify, along with some examples Dynamic triggers (changing): Manipulable and arbitrary ....Most (if not all?) reward. Things like money and video games...

I reach the same conclusion. I am given two fundamental choices. To live or die. This means the choice to experience thought or to not. If I choose life the only thing worth doing is pursuing a more desirable state of mind to make it more worthwhile. A good state of mind is dependent on...

Ah first of your code has got a problem. Take a look at the sequence of events. In the main method (the starting point of the program) you tell the Swing framework to bring your Colors class to life. It makes it on screen and call paint() once as it appears on screen. paint() is the starting...

I was trying to figure out why I was such an idiot when I realized most of everything I and other people do is defined by meaningless reward seeking. Video games, capitalism, staying up all night learning about something. It's all led by a set of bastardized derivatives of primitive needs...

Good point that Zerg might provide more opportunities in defense. Upon reading my above post, it sounds like I'm making the atrocious suggestion of just making defenses because why not. Me reasoning strategy aloud:

Thanks that clears up a bit where you're coming from. While I can't pay much attention to the video because I have no scientific knowledge to assess its validity, the concept that people need other people is very hard to disagree with if you are observant of the emotional state of others and...

Fascinating. I have no formal background knowledge on this but I've gathered an scattered understanding to better understand myself. Something relevant to this dialogue that pops to mind is Yerkes-Dodson Law, that the chemicals associated with stress improve performance up to a point then...

Sounds like you would play Terran (siege tanks, bunkers, planetary fortresses and nukes!). Defensive play is doable in Starcraft, you just have to carefully watch the opponent to keep up in economy and make defenses as needed.

Essentially you are saying is that there is a physical representation in the brain from which the idea of self derives. And that this physical representation of self triggers some emotional response when it is called alongside the physical representation of others. Correct? Does this come...

Spacetimedilationbump to see if people still play MBTI: INTP Race: Protoss League: Masters as of earlier this year, currently unranked Time played: Entirely way too much Stylistic preferences: I tend toward absurd strategies because it's more interesting that way. Strengths: The simple...

Regarding processing power: I understand the structure of the human brain is complex and doesn't translate well to binary logic. But the goal isn't to structure it like our brain, it's to have remotely similar capabilities. I see a possibility that cleverly written software could do that on...

I would love to have the experience of sailing a far distance, it sounds great. I've sailed some but it mostly came from 14' boats at a summer sailing camp when I was younger. I don't have my own boat but whenever the opportunity pops up to go I'll take it. It's much like in the winter how...

I'm just here to drop a link to a pretty interesting radiolab episode that goes into this event near the end. But the whole thing is really interesting and provides some insight into the purpose of language. Recommended: http://www.radiolab.org/2010/aug/09/

When the word "intelligence" was created I doubt it was in context of computers. Of course not, they were thinking about people. What makes us unique to all of the other creatures out there? What lets us manipulate the things around us to such an extreme? Let's make a word, "intelligence"...

I've been working at this. Between 12-18 years old I found it odd that I had absolutely no recall of dreams, the only exception being when I had a fever. I'm beginning to think depression was the cause. Now that I am happier and more calm I'm noticing that I'm picking up bits and pieces of...

Unfortunately I think at a much slower speed.

Brilliant outlook on sadness. Sadness never worries me because it never keeps me down forever. The thing I really watch out for is stress as it knows no bounds. My first year of college ended with complete failure to regulate stress, getting completely torn apart and detached. I sometimes...

I feel the exact same way. The problem for me is that while it's mentally draining to be around people, being alone is worse. It makes sense evolutionarily to be around others so my brain seems to get really mad at me when I don't get out.

N-S-R 89% Non-Reductionism 44% Epistemological Absolutism 22% Moral Objectivism Arrrgh frustrating stupid philosophical crap. Stupid philosophy with its stupid bloated abstraction *grumble*

One of my close friends is interested in the theoretical and building systems, but also the execution. Very much the leader type and sharp, but not without quirks. I suppose he would be an ENTP. There's another person on my mind who appears more impractical than me. I don't know him well...

This is why writing essays is so hellish to me. Habitual self doubt makes me learn everything beneath a concept before I form a conclusion. I'm neutral to what I don't understand so it's hard to write anything persuasive or with purpose.