/lit/ - Literature

Completely agree. If my house ever burns down I'll take the philosophy and leave the novels.

>>2484808
>philosophy
>non-fiction

>implying only stuff that is tagged as fiction is fiction.

>According to the Adult Asperger Assessment (AAA) diagnostic test, a lack of interest in fiction and the positive preference towards non-fiction is common among adults with AS.[30]

>>2486722
fiction

>>2484808
>implying philosophy equals practical and useful knowledge
>>2484806
>smart (smärt)
adj. smart·er, smart·est
1.
a. Characterized by sharp quick thought; bright. See Synonyms at intelligent.
b. Amusingly clever; witty: a smart quip; a lively, smart conversation.
c. Impertinent; insolent: That's enough of your smart talk.
2. Energetic or quick in movement: a smart pace.
3. Canny and shrewd in dealings with others: a smart negotiator.
4. Fashionable; elegant: a smart suit; a smart restaurant; the smart set. See Synonyms at fashionable.
5.
a. Capable of making adjustments that resemble human decisions, especially in response to changing circumstances: smart missiles.
b. Manufactured to regulate the amount of light transmitted in response to varying light conditions or to an electronic sensor or control unit: smart window

You don't know what smart is. You could read twilight and still be smart.

It's kind of an immature POV IMO.


I hadn't really appreciated the art of fiction for most of my life. I saw it mostly as an activity that was empty in calories, as opposed to non-fiction where you actually learn something concrete. This preconception was flat out wrong and I had only recently solidified the idea that it is key to our development, not just personally but societally. We must be challenged by ideas and good fiction will do this. It has to tackle an idea and explore the depths of thought through either conversation or seeding a thought process, leaving us enlightened or at least changed even if only by a tiny amount. If we should be wiser at the end, being forced to consider the issues at hand and experience new conceptions of life, we find that fiction done correct and non-fiction are nearly identical. A good story and good art can be measured as such.

>>2486731
>implying a word is its definition and not its use

> 2012
> Reading anything but physics and neuroscience textbooks

SHIGGY-SAN DIGGY-KUN GIGGY-CHAN

>>2486740
>implying a word's definition doesn't dictate its use

>>2486740
>Implying you are not a homosexual.

>>2486745
>2012
>Not reading a neuroscience textbook and two other books at the same time
SHIGGITYDIGGITYWINGDANGDINGLE
Also fuck you I'm meeting Eric Nestler tomorrow.

>>2486748
>implying it does

the use is given by the situation. the definition is just an irrelevant figure born out of obsessive behavior.

>>2486740
You're saying a word's use is independent of the definition. MY... Fucking... Face.

>>2486731

>implying arbitrary value judgement on 'practicality' and 'usefulness'

>Women
>Thinking they're smart

>>2486756
Even so, the point of the guy who pasted the definition was that smartness is not dependent on what we read, the OP's preposition was that what we read is dependent on smartness.

wait so I'm now not sure why he pasted the definition, i was originally on his side too. What the fuck my world is collapsing though the use of logic and reason.

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>>2486731
faggot
adj. faggy, faggiest
1.
a. Characterized by being a tool. See Synonyms at gay.
b. You: You are a faggot

>>2486766
I meant to say, OPs preposition was also that 'what we read is not dependent on smartness, so they agree.

kill me.

>>2486766
>implying i even read the paste definition or was actually aware of the context of the discussion