/lit/ - Literature

>>10993878
oh I recognize you now

>he's the one that thinks he's the smartest guy in the room

>>10680689
You're the brainlet for thinking that I don't believe in causal determinism. How embarrassing.

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/determinism-causal/

>>10602108
change your personality then bud, or more accurately, your outlook... which dictates your personality.

>>10568807
If all that matters to you is the cold hard facts, then science is perfectly suitable.

But even the cold hard facts aren't cold hard facts. The history of science is riddled with mistakes as to the foundation of certain "facts" and will probably continue to be so. Like I said, read books like "The Scientific Revolution" by Shapin, and "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" by Kuhn to learn more.

>The philosopher. Just like a hippie can tell me more about tarot cards and crystals.

This is terribly reductive and not a very good analogy, which makes me think you probably haven't really studied philosophy in any meaningful way.

Fiction gives you the ability to better read between the lines. It makes you more empathic. It teaches you about life. It inspires the mind toward real life subject matter.

Works of fiction aren't just fake stories or simply entertainment. Most of them are lengthy fables or commentaries on real life.

>>10150065
What's with this board and its condescension of monolingualism?

People that spend their time reading, writing, and speaking in only one language generally make faster gains in vocab and comprehension of that language. Devoting time to more than one language takes away from that.