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I'm curious are STEM people into literature or no ?
I'm studying engineering and i can't read a book for the life of me

>> No.11096064

>I'm studying engineering
that's your problem
Also G*d I hate that flammablemaths fag

>> No.11096065 [DELETED] 

>>11096061
Good luck, you're fucked.

>> No.11096067

>>11096061
I'm studying engineering and I read books, I read books before studying engineering too.

>> No.11096217

I'm a /lit/ nerd who majored in EE because I knew where I would be if I majored in philosophy or English

>> No.11096269

>>11096061
papa

>> No.11096300

>>11096061
Yes if manga is literature.

>> No.11096600

>>11096061
I'm a math major and I write books as a hobby,

>> No.11096669

>>11096217
Same here, really wanted to study history, but went down the engineering route for the sake of being employable.

>> No.11096859

>>11096061
I am.
I wanted to study classics but there is no such degree here.

My favorite authors: Kafka, Dostoevski, Calvino.

>> No.11096864

>>11096061
i don't even read my textbooks, brah. i just derive everything i need from first principles when i need to.

>> No.11096868

>>11096600
Cool, anything public?

>>11096061
I read some philsophy. Wittgenstein, Stirner, all the guys /lit/ hate. Then again, they hate all of them.
I really find Hegel attractive too, whether or not it's fishy.

>> No.11096883

>>11096868
>I read some philsophy. Wittgenstein, Stirner, all the guys /lit/ hate. Then again, they hate all of them.
/lit/ loved Stirner two or three years ago. Did something happen?

Hegel it's an interesting case. I find his writing far too obscure to the point I cannot differentiate if my (or any) interpretation is correct or not.
And even then, I wonder if it is worth the effort.

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>>11096868
>>11096883
>stirner
heh, peak philosopher imo.

>> No.11096898

>>11096061
Yes. I can't stand soulless STEMdrones who think XKCD and Rick and Morty are the greatest contributions to media and that everything else is worthless archaic shit because "dude science is all you need"

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>>11096883
Yeah well all boards like and dislike something. Take category theory here.

Yes the "is it even worth it" thought may creep in with such philosphers, but then again it creeps in with anything you do. (Make enough money to live a comfy live? Why do stuff that makes more money and not something else want to spend your time with.) But I know that the fear of reading bullship is something a bit different. Still, I don't think there has to be a coherent intenion for there to be a valuable interpretation. Seems my author is dead.

I like the 3 or 4 lectures by this guy
https://youtu.be/ARarjQYOhA4
but that may be too basic for you.

>> No.11096916

>>11096067
>>11096217
based

>> No.11096943

>>11096061
I study math and neuroscience and on my own I'm really into reading philosophy and literature. The STEM people who are into /lit/ are those who enter STEM out of an intense curiosity to learn deeper insights about reality. Those who enter purely for the money usually don't care for the metaphysics and are only there to get what they need to land a job. There are a few who enter for the money despite being very creative and idea oriented, but they usually end up starving their aesthetic and intellectual sides and end up dissatisfied.

>> No.11096966

>>11096061
You are a turboretard if you want to make it in any field while still sounding like a high schooler

>> No.11097061

>>11096061
papa flammy I very much do enjoy literature; good ones only though. The last one ive read, when I had time, was Lolita- for the plot of course...

>> No.11097078

>>11096859
For me, it's The Idiot, Dostoyevsky s comfyest novel

>> No.11097085

>>11097078
I haven't read it.

I'm finish The Brothers Karamazov. Maybe I'll read The Idiot after I'm done with Anna Karenina which is next on my list.

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>>11096269
>>11097061
I like the guy, but how come someone who looks barely 23 is called "papa" in the youtube comments?
He's literally just finishing his school teacher education.

>> No.11097126

>>11096943
I think I'm the last kind. What do you think I should do? People keep telling me that pursuing my passion for humanities will lead me to mcdonalds, while getting into STEM for money will lead me to failure.

>> No.11097137

>>11096883
stirner has always been a meme for edgelord teens, probably even when he was alive

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>>11097137
Unlikely, he didn't have many followers and died very early. He was one of the Young-Hegelians, drinking in Berlin pubs with Marx and Feuerbach and just arguing and criticising each other. Pic related is one of the sketches by Engels.

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Most of my student peers are uninterested in literature as most people are.
I used to be totally uninterested, mostly stopped reading books in high school.
As I started uni I've started reading a bit more mostly to stop myself from ending up a total Fachidiot.
Currently reading up on some old greeks (and marx with the local commie sect, they sell very cheap books).
The general plan is to go from the ancient greeks to the romans then early christians and so on, we'll see how far i can be arsed

>> No.11097459

>>11097126
I'm not the guy, but imo a useful model for making these sorts of decisions is the one that game theory provides, try to write out the rules of the societal game, what your goals are in life, and how you can best abuse the rules to reach your goal as quickly as possible (without hurting others, at least in a direct way, sometimes you can't make money without it coming from a place where it's needed)

>> No.11097464

>>11097126
Try social sciences.

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what's /sci/ reading rn?
im about to finish pic related, 's been p good so far

>> No.11097507

>>11097221
>ywn have a pint with the lads at the pub while arguing about philosophical shit
why live

>> No.11097665

>>11096061
that's because you're retarded

but i was like you anon. i was purely for logic and reasoning but i've branched out with the arts and it has changed me. i like reading from time to time when i have the chance but i now look at art and other things besides CS and that is what distinguishes you from a code monkey

>> No.11097722

>>11096217
similar but with mechanical. i couldn't decide whether to go math or phil but I'm too stupid to become a respected professor in either and I don't want to teach high school/gened for the rest of my life.

>> No.11097818

>>11097469
Reading Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

>> No.11097878

>>11097818
what do you study?
how is it (the book) so far?

>> No.11097899
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This book is hyper-fast-paced and it will hold your attention.

>> No.11097975

>>11097878
I'm a math and neuroscience major (I mentioned this earlier in the thread). The book is great, I've read Borges previously and I was impressed. He's definitely one of the great 20th century authors.

>> No.11097980

>>11097878
Forgot to mention, Borges wrote exclusively short stories. It's really convenient to just able to read half a story between classes, so I'd highly reccomend his work if you're a student.

>> No.11097992

>>11097975
>>11097980
thank you, anon
i dont read much, but i really like the prose of lolita, and i was disappointed to learn that lolita is kinda known for its excellent prose (implying that most other works will falter in comparison)
ill give Borges a try c:

>> No.11098004

>>11097089
cause they want to be fucked by him

>> No.11098019

>>11097089
literally who

>> No.11098023

>>11098019
flammablemaths
the most based math youtube channel

>> No.11098026

>>11098023
ABOUT page:
>Hey bois, my name's Papa Flammy and I welcome you on my channel :3 Feel free joining the flammily. Enjoy the ride :v
absolutely disgusting

>> No.11098945

>>11097992
Other book by Nabokov have also a very refined prose. I recommend Pale Fire.

>> No.11099013

>>11098945
tyvm!

>> No.11099035

I hope you get to watch you family suffer before they die

>> No.11099044

>>11099035
im sorry, who are you?

>> No.11099382

>>11099044
I'm the Sovereign Lord God Almighty.

>> No.11099789

>>11096300
It is the finest form

>> No.11099838

>>11096217
MD here, I would have probably studied History and Philosophy if it wasn't about unemployment or dick sucking academia.
Sometimes I envy those aristocrats of the XIXth century which were rich enough they could do it for shit and giggles.

That said I think we're seeing the slow death of literature, ever since the radio has been invented people:
1) read less and less
2) read things of worse and worse quality

Both while the production has exploded (which means more garbage to navigate through).
The competition for attention between radio, youtube, streaming, series, video games, tv, social media, etc... seems to be a race to the bottom.

>> No.11099856

>>11099838
Although that's a fair observation. Radioplays and audiobooks helped create the writing boom of the mid 20th century and are in themselves still a fantastic medium.

>> No.11099998

>>11099382
based schizo

>> No.11102302

>>11096061
>I'm curious are STEM people into literature or no ?
Sure. Cyberpunk is especially relevant.

>> No.11102319

Just read Solar Cycle books.
Start with The Book of the New Sun.

Also neuromancer/snowcrash.

>>11097980
Good rec.

>> No.11102393

>>11102302 >>11102319
Check the /cyb/ FAQ in >>>/g/cyb for more examples.

>>11097899
I see it is highly praised by Tooker and Mochizuki on Amazon so i guess it must be good. But what is meant by
>Judy Hopps owns /sci/
?