Ive Been Reading A Book That Basically Explains How So-called “brain Differences” Between The Genders

that must have taken so much resilience and deftness and i’m sure it was very intimidating to the attacker and I hope you were alright!!!

once i got shot with a crossbow, so i took the bolt out and stabbed the attacker with it

i think about that every godsdamned day

Academics

In popular culture: wear tweed/plaid/some sort of bland pattern; often in suits; pristine appearance, maybe with wild hair or ink stains; drink tea and coffee; constantly reading books for work and pleasure; erudite conversationalists; love what they do

Me: mostly wear sweatshirts and leggings with a messy bun because if no one needs to see me then screw getting into nice clothes; my blood is tea at this point; ink stains were surpassed long ago; spend a lot of time crying over theory texts and papers; eat a lot of ice cream and watch a lot of Netflix to avoid work; love what I do

don’t fight to prove you’re right- fight to become right. Even- perhaps especially- when that means switching sides.

hate doesn’t just happen. war doesn’t just happen. And we are definitely not “right” enough to kill or bring pain to anyone… // Hina Syeda

i want to play an rpg where these are my four stats

What we all need to understand about AI in a nutshell:

There’s an algorithm that can reliably predict, from aggregate facebook posts, the onset of a manic episode in a person suffering from bipolar disorder – more reliably even, than a trained psychotherapist, who only has access to the information a patient provides them in therapy sessions. 

“Won’t technology like that help people with bipolar disorder?”

Theoretically, it could. But this algorithm wasn’t designed to help people with bipolar disorder.

This algorithm was designed to sell plane tickets to Las Vegas.

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Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.

Zora Neale Hurston (via berghahnbooks)

“What’s bigger than this?” Crystal Kingdom edit for @stainedglassthreads